Artist: PETER GABRIEL
Album: SO 25 ANNIVERSARY EDIT. (CD)

Year: 1986/ 2012
EAN/UPS: 0884108001349
Media type: CD

So is the fifth studio album (and seventh album overall) by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1986. Many of its songs reflect a more conventional pop-writing style and became radio hits, while others still retain Gabriel's dark, brooding sense of experimentalism.

It is Peter Gabriel's second album produced by Canadian artist Daniel Lanois. The previous year, the two of them had worked together on Birdy. Lanois had been previously known for his ambient collaborations with Brian Eno as well as producing U2 since 1984. As he had with the soundtrack to the film Birdy, Lanois brought many of his own ambient sensibilities to this recording.

The album charted at number 1 in the UK Album Chart, and number 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US. It is certified triple platinum in the UK, and five times platinum in the US. So ranked at number #14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "Top 100 Albums of the Eighties".

All songs written by Peter Gabriel except as indicated.

TRACKLIST CD:

1."Red Rain" – 5:39
2."Sledgehammer" – 5:12
3."Don't Give Up" (featuring Kate Bush) – 6:33
4."That Voice Again" (Gabriel, Rhodes) – 4:53
5."Mercy Street" – 6:22
6."Big Time" – 4:28
7."We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" – 3:22
8."This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" (Anderson, Gabriel) – 4:25
9."In Your Eyes" – 5:27

LINE-UP:

Peter Gabriel – vocals, synthesizers, piano, percussion, Linn, Synclavier
Tony Levin – bass, drumstick bass 
David Rhodes – guitar, backing vocals
Jerry Marotta – drums, drumstick bass
Manu Katche – drums, percussion, talking drum

Additional personnel:

Chris Hughes
Stewart Copeland
Daniel Lanois
Wayne Jackson
Mark Rivera
Kate Bush
L. Shankar
Larry Klein
Youssou N'Dour
Michael Been
Jim Kerr
Ronnie Bright
Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Renard Poche
Laurie Anderson
Bill Laswell – bass on track 9
Nile Rodgers