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Thread: Peter Gabriel-II (Scratch)- An overlooked gem!?

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    Absolutely his most overlooked and most diverse. My fave of his solos works. Has a bit more warmth than later releases, many of which came off as rather cold and detached. Deliberately, I suspect....

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    My least favourite of his original albums.

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    Hmmmm. I must be in the minority with this album. I love it. But then again I love the first four pretty much equally. Oh well.........

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    Tough crowd! I love this album, though like most here I'm not a big fan of the production--except on "White Shadow," which could have fit on the first album. And still, it was quite an effective contrast, from Ezrin's kitchen-sink approach to Fripp's starkness.

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    I've always felt that for the first two albums he was searching for his own sound. I could never take the overdone Bob Ezrin production of the first. The two tracks I like, Solsbury Hill and Here Comes the Flood, both sound far better live and I never liked any of the rest.

    With the second, his writing was better and sound was more cohesive, but yeah, Fripps production wasn't much better than Ezrins. That said, I still go back to the second and enjoy it quite a bit, except for Home Sweet Home which is just too depressing for me to listen to anymore.

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    Played the album a lot when it was released and still like it. The beauty of PG-catalogue is its diversity: all albums have different productions, different atmospheres.
    After a few years I began to notice that PG II could be listened to as Gabriel's pop-version of The Lamb. I can't really put the finger on it exactly, it's more a feeling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miamiscot View Post
    I am a huge fan of Car, Melt and Security but Scratch never did it for me.
    Yep!

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    I've always loved this release.. Bought it the day it was released.. Mother of Violence might just be my favorite Peter song..

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    My favorite from him! Side one is the best he ever did and On the Air and White Shadow are his two best tunes. IMHO, of course!

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    I remember liking it ok. The first one is one of my all time favorite albums though. I haven't heard this one in a long time actually. The ones that really stood out for me(at least at the time)were "DIY," "on the air,""wonderful day" and "Perspective."

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