#charismarecords

[minstrel75itg]

Album Number Four Hundred Ninety One. “Peter Gabriel” is the third solo studio album by the English rock musician #petergabriel, released on 30 May 1980 by #charismarecords. The album, produced by #stevelillywhite, has been acclaimed as Gabriel's artistic breakthrough as a solo artist. AllMusic wrote that it established him as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians". My copy is of the 1983 #geffenrecords release - GHSP 2035. Building on the experimental sound of his previous self-titled studio album, it saw Gabriel embracing post-punk and new wave with an art rock sensibility. Gabriel also explored more overtly political material with the anti-war song "#gameswithoutfrontiers" (which became a No. 4 hit and remains his joint highest-charting single in the UK) and the anti-apartheid protest song "Biko", which remembered the murdered activist #SteveBiko. In the US, the album was titled Peter Gabriel III. The album is also often referred to as Melt, owing to its cover photograph by #hipgnosis. Some music streaming services currently refer to it as Peter Gabriel 3: Melt. #rockandroll #artrock #postpunk #postprogressive #theeighties https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVjkL6ucBO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thevinyldigest]

01/06/1982 | Happy Release Day 1982 | Genesis - Three Sides Live Charisma | Atlantic #Genesis #Charismarecords #atlanticrecords @genesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CeQvs2HMB5h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thevinyldigest]

22/05/1980 | Happy Release Day 1980 | Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel Charisma #Charismarecords #petergabriel @itspetergabriel Rolling Stone: „Lucid and driven. Peter Gabriel’s third solo album sticks in the mind like the haunted heroes of the best film noirs.“ „Peter Gabriel's jagged rhythms and off-kilter melodies provide a gripping sonic complement to the album's edgy themes.“ Uncut: „…released in 1980 and heralding the fully fledged emergence of Gabriel as art-rock trailblazer.“ The Quietus: „In 1980, for one album only – a murky, mirror-gazing masterpiece - Peter Gabriel was the finest exponent of art-rock in the world. Savour it, with the seductive, sentient shudder it prompts.“ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd6anX1Maum/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thevinyldigest]

28/03/1980 | Happy Release Day 1980 | Genesis - Duke Charisma #Genesis #Charismarecords @genesis_band Pitchfork: „Duke is a brazenly confident album, written in block letters with exclamation points.“ „It is a divider: If you are a fan of Genesis, their tenth album is either where you get off the ride, or when you buckle up and start paying attention.“ Allmusic: „Nevertheless, this is a major leap forward in distinguishing the sound of Genesis, the band, and along with a new signature sound come pop songs…“ Rolling Stone AU: „It’s almost like Genesis got a telegram on January 1st, 1980 that read: “It’s the Eighties. Buy a drum machine, cut your hair, and write pop songs.”“ https://www.instagram.com/p/CbpEVRtO6em/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sirenrecords]

#genesiscoupe #sellingenglandbythepound #charismarecords 1973 NM $25 #clubpressing #progrock SUPER CLEAN CLUB EDITION (at Siren Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaqNC6Bpq5X/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thevinyldigest]

25/02/1977 | Happy Release Day 1977 | Peter Gabriel Charisma #petergabriel #charismarecords @itspetergabriel Allmusic: „… Though this is undeniably the work of the same man behind The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, he's turned his artiness inward, making his music coiled, dense, vibrant.“ Chicago Sun Times: „Gabriel's first solo album is a bridge between Genesis' mock symphonic sounds ("Moribund the Burgermeister" and "Excuse Me") and a more stripped-down but still dramatic approach ("Here Comes the Flood" and the spectacular and timeless "Solsbury Hill"). It's interesting but schizophrenic.“ Rolling Stone: „… it had the sense of a breakthrough in negotiations between warring factions. Its two most direct hard-rock songs, “Modern Love” and “Solsbury Hill,” were among 1977’s most underrated.“ https://www.instagram.com/p/CaZPIs_MHBh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thevinyldigest]

13/02/1950 | Happy Birthday Peter Gabriel 1978 | Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel Charisma #petergabriel #charismarecords @itspetergabriel https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ7Rlr3MH4D/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thevinyldigest]

02/02/1976 | Happy Release Day 1976 | Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail Charisma #genesis #charismarecords Allmusic: „In almost every respect, this feels like a truer sequel to Selling England by the Pound than Lamb; after all, that double album was obsessed with modernity and nightmare, whereas this album returns the group to the fanciful fairy tale nature of its earlier records.“ „… Not that this album is quite as memorable as Foxtrot or Selling England, largely because its songs aren't as immediate or memorable: apart from "Dance on a Volcano," this is about the sound of the band playing, not individual songs, and it succeeds on that level quite wildly -- to the extent that it proved to longtime fans that Genesis could possibly thrive without its former leader in tow.“ https://www.instagram.com/p/CZdrq1hMcEf/?utm_medium=tumblr