Peter Gabriel – So
Tracklist
| 1 | Red Rain | 5:40 | |
| 2 | Sledgehammer | 5:12 | |
| 3 | Don't Give Up | 6:33 | |
| 4 | That Voice Again | 4:53 | |
| 5 | In Your Eyes | 5:29 | |
| 6 | Mercy Street | 6:22 | |
| 7 | Big Time | 4:28 | |
| 8 | We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) | 3:22 | |
| 9 | This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) | 4:25 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Charisma Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Peter Gabriel Ltd.
- Mastered At – The Town House
- Recorded At – Real World Studios
- Mixed At – Real World Studios
- Published By – Cliofine Ltd.
- Published By – Difficult Music
- Glass Mastered At – Nimbus
Credits
- Arranged By [Horns] – Wayne Jackson
- Backing Vocals – P P Arnold* (tracks: 2)
- Bass – Tony Levin (tracks: 1 to 5, 7)
- Design – Peter Saville (2)
- Drums – Manu Katché (tracks: 2 to 5)
- Engineer – Kevin Killen
- Guitar – David Rhodes (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8)
- Management – Gail Colson
- Management [Studio] – David Stallbaumer
- Percussion – Manu Katché (tracks: 3 to 5, 9)
- Photography By – Trevor Key
- Piano – Richard Tee (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 7)
- Producer – Peter Gabriel
- Recorded By – David Bascombe
- Saxophone – Mark Rivera (tracks: 2)
- Saxophone [Alto, Tenor And Baritone] – Mark Rivera (tracks: 7)
- Saxophone [Processed] – Mark Rivera (tracks: 6)
- Trombone – Don Mikkelsen (tracks: 2, 7)
- Trumpet – Wayne Jackson (tracks: 2, 7)
- Violin – L Shankar* (tracks: 4, 8)
- Vocals, Synthesizer – Peter Gabriel
- Written-By – Peter Gabriel
Notes
Released in a standard jewelbox with a 5 pane per side long folded booklet which includes credits and full lyrics.
[Back, booklet & CD]
℗ 1986 Charisma Records Limited
© 1986 Peter Gabriel Limited
Manufactured in the UK
[Booklet]
Mastered at the Townhouse, London
recorded and mixed at Real World Studios, England except for Mercy Street: Percussion recorded in Polygram Studios, Rio de Janeiro
New York overdubs recorded at the Power Station
[CD]
Stereo
Hints:
Track 9 was not included on simultaneosly released LP version: Charisma PG 5
Diferences to similar releases:
So does not have 'NIMBUS' in the Matrix/Runout. The CD face is printed with black text instead of blue text color.
The rest have extra catalog number "0777 7 86366 2 5" on them:
So has a red bar instead of a blue bar on the rear tray inlay and has additional distribution codes near the barcode. The CD is manufactured in Holland, has a completely different Matrix/Runout and has additional text (label code, rights society,...) with black text printed on the CD face
[Back, booklet & CD]
℗ 1986 Charisma Records Limited
© 1986 Peter Gabriel Limited
Manufactured in the UK
[Booklet]
Mastered at the Townhouse, London
recorded and mixed at Real World Studios, England except for Mercy Street: Percussion recorded in Polygram Studios, Rio de Janeiro
New York overdubs recorded at the Power Station
[CD]
Stereo
Hints:
Track 9 was not included on simultaneosly released LP version: Charisma PG 5
Diferences to similar releases:
So does not have 'NIMBUS' in the Matrix/Runout. The CD face is printed with black text instead of blue text color.
The rest have extra catalog number "0777 7 86366 2 5" on them:
So has a red bar instead of a blue bar on the rear tray inlay and has additional distribution codes near the barcode. The CD is manufactured in Holland, has a completely different Matrix/Runout and has additional text (label code, rights society,...) with black text printed on the CD face
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 5 012981 237622
- Barcode (Scan): 5012981237622
- SPARS Code: AAD
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 1): PGCD 5 : NIMBUS ENGLAND
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 2): PGCD 5 : MASTERED BY NIMBUS
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 3): PGCD 5 :· NIMBUS ENGLAND
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 4): PGCD 5 :·: NIMBUS ENGLAND
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 5): PGCD 5 · NIMBUS ENGLAND
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 6): PGCD 5 :·:·:· 1 : 8 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 7): PGCD 5 :: MASTERED BY NIMBUS
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 8): PGCD 5 [nine dots] ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 9): PGCD 5 [seven dots] MASTERED BY NIMBUS
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 10): PGCD 5 [nine dots] 3 : 5 ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
- Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, Variant 11): PGCD 5 [nine dots] 1 : 7 ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
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So (LP, Album, Stereo) | Virgin | PG 5 | UK | 1986 | ||
| So (LP, Album, Stereo, Don Mills Pressing) | Geffen Records | XGHS 24088 | Canada | 1986 | |||
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So (CD, Album, Digital Audio Disc, 557) | Geffen Records | 9 24088-2 | US | 1986 | ||
| So (LP, Album, Specialty Pressing) | Geffen Records | GHS 24088 | US | 1986 | |||
| So (LP, Album) | Virgin | 207 587, 207 587-630, 207 587-8 | Europe | 1986 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Commercially seen the best album from Peter Gabriel so far.
About the Country of this release. Here on Discogs it states "Europe" (because of distribution details), however on the end of the rimtext of the CD it states "MANUFACTURED IN THE UK" and on the lower left of the back cover art it states "Manufactured in the UK". There was a lot of discussion about this but maybe this addition helps to clarify.
As far as i know this is the only release with the text printed in blue on the CD. -
This was my very first CD that I purchased back in 1986! Peter Gabriel's "So" album is a Masterpiece!
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The Daniel Lanois produced album took Peter Gabriel from a well-respected art rock artist into the main stream. One may argue that MTV played a large role but nearly thirty years later without all the gimmicky videos, 'So' remains easily the best album of 1986 from when the needle drops until the end. -
Peter Gabriels first and third albums are his best- this one is good, but with zero edge. It's all elevator music with some good bits thrown in; generic garbage lyrics in many of the songs but that's common of Peter Gabriel- he worries about the track and the voice but not the words it seems. Big Time is the worst song on this album; it's literally uninspired garbage anybody could have written. That Voice Again and Your Eyes are just as good as his earlier work minus the edge- In Your Eyes has the best lyrics of any Peter Gabriel song I think "the grand facade so soon will burn", etc.
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