Peter Gabriel (1982 album)

Peter Gabriel
Studio album by
Peter Gabriel
Released10 September 1982 (1982-09-10)[1]
Recorded1981–1982[2]
StudioAshcombe House, Bath, England
Genre
Length45:27
LabelCharisma (UK)
Geffen (US, Canada)
ProducerDavid Lord and Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel chronology
Peter Gabriel
(1980) 		Peter Gabriel
(1982) 		Plays Live
(1983)
Peter Gabriel studio album chronology
Peter Gabriel
(1980) 		Peter Gabriel
(1982) 		So
(1986)
Singles from Peter Gabriel
  1. "Shock the Monkey"
    Released: September 1982[9]
  2. "I Have the Touch"
    Released: December 1982[10]
  3. "Wallflower"
    Released: 1982 (NL)[11]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Chicago Sun-Times[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[14]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[15]
Q[16]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[17]
Uncut8/10[18]
The Village VoiceC+[19]

Peter Gabriel is the fourth studio album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. In the United States and Canada, the album was released by Geffen Records with the title Security. Some music streaming services refer to it as Peter Gabriel 4: Security.[20] A German-language version, entitled Deutsches Album (German Album), was also released. The album saw Gabriel expanding on the post-punk and world music influences from his 1980 self-titled record, and earned him his first US top 40 single with "Shock the Monkey".

Instead of working with Hipgnosis on the cover art as he did for his previous three albums, Gabriel turned to sculptor Malcolm Poynter. The image is of Gabriel's face, based on an experimental videotape recorded by Poynter and heavily distorted through the use of flexible mirrors, Fresnel lenses, and lighting techniques.[21]

The album was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.

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  10. ^ "I Have the Touch".
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  13. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (4 July 1993). "A Solo Discography". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  14. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  15. ^ Brunner, Rob (12 July 2002). "Peter Gabriel: Security". Entertainment Weekly. pp. 84–85.
  16. ^ "Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel 1: 'Car' / Peter Gabriel 2: 'Scratch' / Peter Gabriel 3: 'Melt' / Peter Gabriel 3: 'Ein Deutsches Album' / Peter Gabriel 4: 'Security' / Peter Gabriel 4: 'Deutsches Album'". Q (352). November 2015.
  17. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Peter Gabriel". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 319–20. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  18. ^ Thomson, Graeme (November 2015). "Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel 1 ('Car') / Peter Gabriel 2 ('Scratch') / Peter Gabriel 3 ('Melt') / Peter Gabriel 4 ('Security')". Uncut (222): 88–89.
  19. ^ Christgau, Robert (30 November 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  20. ^ "Peter Gabriel". Spotify.
  21. ^ "Peter Gabriel 4 – Security » Real World Galleries". realworldgalleries.com.