Artist: PETER GABRIEL
Album: PETER GABRIEL 4 REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1982/ 2011
Media type: CD

Peter Gabriel is the fourth album released by the British progressive rock musician Peter Gabriel. This album was originally released as Gabriel’s fourth eponymous album, but was released in the United States as Security, Gabriel's first album with Geffen Records in the US and Canada.

This album is an early full digital recording. Its instrumentation is mostly electronic with extensive sampling (through use of the then-new Fairlight CMI) and percussion. It was recorded at Gabriel's then-home, Ashcombe House in Somerset, England in 1981. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.

The songs on the album cover a wide variety of subject matter. "The Rhythm of the Heat" is based on Carl Jung’s experience while observing a group of African drummers. "San Jacinto" reflects on the fear and pain experienced by a Native American man who sees his culture overwhelmed by modern white society. "Shock the Monkey", a meditation on jealousy, uses imagery of a primate to describe personal anxieties. "Lay Your Hands on Me" deals with a theme of healing, through trust, which is further explored on later albums. "The Family and the Fishing Net" is a song comparing a modern day wedding to a voodoo sacrifice. "Wallflower" is about the treatment of political prisoners in Latin America during the 1980s.

All songs written by Peter Gabriel.

TRACKLIST:

1."The Rhythm of the Heat" – 5:15
2."San Jacinto" – 6:21
3."I Have the Touch" – 4:30
4."The Family and the Fishing Net" – 7:08

1."Shock the Monkey" – 5:23
2."Lay Your Hands on Me" – 6:03
3."Wallflower" – 6:30
4."Kiss of Life" – 4:17

LINE-UP:

Peter Gabriel – vocals, keyboards
Tony Levin – bass
David Rhodes – guitar
Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
Larry Fast – synthesizers

Additional personnel:

John Ellis – bass vocals on tracks 1, 3, 8, guitar on tracks 2, 4
Roberto Laneri – treated saxophone on track 4
Morris Pert – timbales on track 6, percussion on track 8
Stephen Paine – Fairlight CMI on track 4
David Lord – synthesizers on tracks 6, 7, piano on tracks 7, 8
Peter Hammill – backing vocals on tracks 4, 5, 6
Jill Gabriel – bass vocals on track 2
Tony Levin - Bass in track 1,2,3,5,6,7 Chapman Stick on Tracks 2, 4
David Rhodes - Guitar on Track 1,3,4,5,7
Ekome Dance Company – Ghanaian drums on track 1
Simon Phillips - Drums on track 3
Chris Hughes - LinnDrum on track 5