Artist: PETER GABRIEL
Album: US REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1992/ 2011
Media type: CD

Us is the sixth studio album (and ninth album overall) by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, originally released in 1992. It was remastered, with most of Gabriel's catalogue, in 2002. Singles taken from the album included "Digging in the Dirt", "Steam", "Blood of Eden" (an early version of the track was previously featured in the 1991 Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World), and "Kiss That Frog". Promotional singles included "Come Talk To Me" and the title track "Secret World"

On this album Gabriel explored the pain of recent personal problems; his failed first marriage, his relationship with Rosanna Arquette, and the growing distance between him and his first daughter.

All songs written by Peter Gabriel.

TRACKLIST CD:

1."Come Talk to Me" – 7:06
2."Love to Be Loved" – 5:18
3."Blood of Eden" – 6:38
4."Steam" – 6:03
5."Only Us" – 6:30
6."Washing of the Water" – 3:52
7."Digging in the Dirt" – 5:18
8."Fourteen Black Paintings" – 4:38
9."Kiss That Frog" – 5:20
10."Secret World" – 7:03

LINE-UP:

Peter Gabriel – vocals, keyboards
Tony Levin – bass
David Rhodes – guitar
Manu Katche – drums
The Babacar Faye Drummers – sabar drums
Doudou N'Diaye Rose – drum loop
David Bottrill – programming

Additional personnel:

Chris Ormston – bagpipes on track 1
Daniel Lanois – shaker on track 1, guitar on tracks 1, 10, additional vocals on track 1, hi-hat on track 3, vocals on track 3, horn arrangements on track 4, dobro on tracks 8, 10
Richard Blair – additional verse keyboards on track 1, programming on tracks 4, 5, 7, 9, additional programming on tracks 2, 3
Levon Minassian – doudouk on tracks 1, 3, 8
Sinead O'Connor – vocals on tracks 1, 3
Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble – vocals on track 1
Hassam Ramzy – tabla on track 2, surdu on track 7
Daryl Johnson – hand drum on track 2
William Orbit – programming on track 2, additional programming on track 5
Bill Dillon – guitar on tracks 2, 5
Wayne Jackson - trumpet on tracks 4,6
Mark Rivera - Alto Saxophone on tracks 4,6
Brian Eno – additional keys on track 2
Shankar – violin on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8
Caroline Lavelle – cello on tracks 2, 6, 10, string arrangement on track 2
Will Malone – string arrangement on track 2, 6
Johnny Dollar – string arrangement on track 2, 6
Richard Evans – additional engineering on track 2, mix engineer on track 8, mandolin on track 8
Richard Chappell – bridge section mix on track 3
Leo Nocentelli – guitar on tracks 4, 7
Tim Green – tenor saxophone on tracks 4, 6
Reggie Houston – baritone saxophone on tracks 4, 6
Wayne Jackson - Trumpet on track 4 cornet on track 6
Kudsi Erguner – ney flute on track 5 Shaker on track 4
Ayub Ogada – vocals on track 5, 7
Malcolm Burn – horn arrangement on track 6, additional synth cello on track 10, additional production ideas on track 10
Mark Howard – horns recording on track 6
Babacar Faye – djembe on tracks 7, 8
Assane Thiam – tama on track 7, talking drum on track 8
Peter Hammill – vocals on track 7
Richard Macphail – vocals on track 7
John Paul Jones – surdu on 8, bass on 8, keyboards on 8