Solid Gold Collection

~ Release by Peter Gabriel (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sledgehammer
recording engineer:
David Bascombe
engineer:
Kevin Killen and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
electric bass guitar:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
guitar:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter) and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
piano, sampler [CMI], synthesizer [Prophet] and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
saxophone:
Mark Rivera
tambourine:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
trombone:
Don Mikkelsen (a trombonist player)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
P.P. Arnold, Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis), Coral Gordon and Dee Lewis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records Ltd. (in 1986)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom and Ashcombe House in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (from 1985-02 until 1985-12)
mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
later releases:
Sledgehammer (7″ single edit) by Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
music videos:
Sledgehammer (music video) by Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
Sledgehammer (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Limited, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Real World Music, Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Peter Gabriel4.25:15
2Shock the Monkey
recorded in:
Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
recording engineer:
Andy Rose (UK engineer, Mobile One/Fleetwood Mobile) and Tim Wybrow
drum machine [Linn] programming:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
assistant engineer:
Neil Perry (US mixer/engineer)
engineer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
analog synthesizer [Prophet]:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer) and Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
Chapman stick [stick]:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
synthesizer [CMI] and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
background vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Peter Hammill (English singer‐songwriter)
remixer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
arranger:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Int. (responsible for worldwide A&R/rights management/manufacturing/distribution of Philips and affiliated companies) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Mobile One in Europe
mixed at:
Crescent Studios in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
remixed at:
Sarm Studios (1973–2013, fka Sarm Studios from 1973–1982) in Aldgate, Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Shock the Monkey
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.55:31
3Biko
engineer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Steve Lillywhite
drum machine and piano and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
surdo:
Phil Collins (of Genesis)
synthesizer:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records (in 1980)
recording of:
Biko
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.57:31
4Digging in the Dirt
recording engineer, engineer, mixer and editor:
David Bottrill (producer / mixer)
programming:
Richard Blair (Sound engineer), David Bottrill (producer / mixer) and Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
additional engineer:
Richard Blair (Sound engineer)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
bass:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
djembe:
Babacar Faye
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
guitar:
Leo Nocentelli and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
keyboard and keyboard bass:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
surdo [Surdu]:
Hossam Ramzy
talking drum:
Assane Tham (tama player)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis), Peter Hammill (English singer‐songwriter), Richard MacPhail (vocalist) and Ayub Ogada
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) (in 1992, in 2015)
recording of:
Digging in the Dirt
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Peter Gabriel3.655:20
5Games Without Frontiers
engineer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Steve Lillywhite
bass synthesizer and synthesizer:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
bass synthesizer, synthesizer and whistle and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
whistle:
Steve Lillywhite and Hugh Padgham
background vocals:
Kate Bush
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records (in 1980)
recording of:
Games Without Frontiers
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
part of:
ANIMAL CROSSING
Peter Gabriel4.44:08
6Don’t Give Up
recording engineer:
David Bascombe
engineer:
Kevin Killen and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
drum machine [Linn 9000], sampler [CMI], synthesizer [Prophet], background vocals and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Manu Katché
electric bass guitar:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
guitar and guitar [guitars]:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
piano:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Richard Tee
synthesizer [Chorus CS-80]:
Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
guest lead vocals:
Kate Bush
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records Ltd. (in 1986)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom and Ashcombe House in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (from 1985-02 until 1985-12)
mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Don’t Give Up (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Limited, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush4.16:36
7Stream
recording of:
Steam
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
Peter Gabriel6:07
8Solsbury Hill
additional recording engineer:
Jim Frank, Keith Grant (classical recording engineer), Dave Harris (Recording engineer at Morgan Studios, London), Rod O’Brien, Robert Hrycyna and Robert Stasiak
recording engineer:
Brian Christian
programming:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
producer:
Bob Ezrin
acoustic guitar and pedal steel guitar:
Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
banjo and classical guitar:
Robert Fripp
bass and tuba:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
bones and percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (percussion)
drums (drum set):
Allan Schwartzberg
electric guitar and guitar:
Robert Fripp and Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
flute and recorder:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
keyboard:
Jozef Chirowski and Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
synthesizer:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records (in 1977) and Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) (in 1977)
additionally recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at and mixed at:
Sound Stage (Nimbus 9 Studios) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 472)
recording of:
Solsbury Hill
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Ear Pieces, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Hit & Run Music, Intersong Music, Pentagon Lipservices Real World and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.54:26
9Big Time
recording engineer:
David Bascombe
programming:
Andy Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
engineer:
Kevin Killen and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Mark Rivera
bass [drumstick bass]:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player) and Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
cornet and trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
drum machine [Linn 9000], sampler, synthesizer, synthesizer [Prophet] and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
drum machine [Linn Kick]:
Jimmy Bralower
drums (drum set):
Stewart Copeland (drummer, percussionist, pianist and composer)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
guitar [surf guitar]:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
Hammond organ and bass synthesizer [Fairlight bass]:
Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
sampler [CMI]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
trombone:
Don Mikkelsen (a trombonist player)
background vocals:
P.P. Arnold, Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis), Coral Gordon and Dee Lewis
background vocals [voices]:
P.P. Arnold, Coral Gordon and Dee Lewis
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records Ltd. (in 1986)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom and Ashcombe House in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (from 1985-02 until 1985-12)
mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Big Time (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.754:31
10Love Town
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
mixer:
David Bottrill (producer / mixer)
recording of:
Lovetown
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Real World Music Ltd. (Peter Gabriel and world music)
is based on:
Who Do You Serve?
Peter Gabriel5:32
11Come Talk to Me
recording engineer, programming, mixer and editor:
David Bottrill (producer / mixer)
additional engineer:
Richard Blair (Sound engineer)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
guest background vocals:
Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer‐songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) (in 1992, in 2015)
recording of:
Come Talk to Me
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Peter Gabriel47:09
12While the Earth Sleeps
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Michel Sanchez
guest vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
performer:
Deep Forest (French group, world music/ethnic electronica), Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Éric Mouquet
recording of:
While the Earth Sleeps
lyricist:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis), Éric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez
Peter Gabriel & Deep Forest53:57
13Summertime
harmonica:
Larry Adler
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Peter Gabriel3:55
14Birdy’s Flight
engineer:
David Stallbaumer
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1985)
engineered at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Birdy’s Flight
composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
is based on:
Not One of Us
Peter Gabriel42:58