Peter Gabriel

OK, I’m going to cheat here. This was the title of not one, but four Peter Gabriel albums. So with that in mind, I would like to point out that the first (”car”) and third (”melt”) albums are the favorites here, and this can change from day to day. The first album, more pop/rock oriented, had the buoyant hit “Solisbury Hill”, the Who-like “Modern Love”, and “Humdrum”, where the third album was a masterpiece of chilling and clever songwriting on many fronts. The third album also has “Biko”, his tribute to the fallen novelist who was murdered in South Africa. They’re both very strong albums from end to end.