Peter Gabriel discography

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". This is the solo discography of Peter Gabriel, an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis.[1] After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially successful, selling five million copies in America,[2] and the album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. The song is the most played music video in the history of the station.[3]

Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982.[4] He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label. He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download services.[5] Gabriel has been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. In 1980, he released the anti-apartheid single "Biko".[4] He has participated in several human rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour in 1988, and co-founded the Witness human rights organisation in 1992.[4] In collaboration with entrepreneur Richard Branson, Gabriel developed The Elders, which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007.[6]

Gabriel has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1987, six Grammy Awards, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards, and in 2007, he was honoured as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his "influence on generations of music makers".[7][8][9][10] In recognition of his many years of human rights activism, he received the Man of Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in 2006, and in 2008, TIME magazine named Gabriel one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[11] Gabriel was also awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007,[12] and the Polar Music Prize in 2009.[13]

AllMusic has described Gabriel as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians, as well as one of its most political."[14] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010,[15] followed by his induction as a solo artist in 2014.[16]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[17]
AUS
[18]
CAN
[19][20]
FRA
[21]
GER
[22]
ITA
[23][24]
NLD
[25]
NOR
[26]
NZ
[27]
SWE
[28]
US
[29]
Peter Gabriel
(aka Peter Gabriel 1: Car)
  • Released: 25 February 1977
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: LP, MC
7 25 30 24 9 9 5 38 8 38
Peter Gabriel
(aka Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch)
  • Released: 2 June 1978
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: LP, MC
10 50 46 49 48 24 45
Peter Gabriel
(aka Peter Gabriel 3: Melt)
  • Released: 30 May 1980
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: LP, MC
1 29 7 9 24 22
Peter Gabriel
(aka Peter Gabriel 4: Security)
  • Released: 10 September 1982
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: LP, MC
6 66 2 84 10 14 15 18 28
So
  • Released: 19 May 1986
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1 5 1 61 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
Us 2 3 4 1 3 8 7 6 2 2
Up
  • Released: 23 September 2002[44]
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, LP
11 37 2 4 4 1 18 11 35 6 9
Scratch My Back
  • Released: 12 February 2010[46]
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, LP
12 59 2 4 2 3 10 11 15 5 26
New Blood
  • Released: 9 October 2011[48]
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, LP
22 64 9 12 6 6 12 13 19 30
I/O
  • Released: 1 December 2023
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, LP
1 20 80 7 2 4 5 23 45 99

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[17]
AUS
[18]
GER
[22]
ITA
[23][49]
NLD
[25]
SWE
[28]
US
[29]
Birdy
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  • Released: 18 March 1985
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: LP, MC
51 30 162
Passion
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  • Released: 5 June 1989
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
29 30 24 59 34 60
OVO
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  • Released: 12 June 2000
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, MC
24 90 14 4 66 54
Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence
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  • Released: 15 April 2002
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, MC
78 34

Live albums

  • Encore Series 2003
  • Encore Series 2004
  • Encore Series 2007
  • Encore Series 2009
  • Encore Series 2012
  • Encore Series 2013
  • Encore Series 2014
  • Encore Series 2014-winter
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[17]
AUS
[18]
FRA
[21]
GER
[22]
ITA
[23][51]
NLD
[25]
NZ
[27]
SWE
[28]
US
[29]
Plays Live
  • Released: 6 June 1983
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
8 55 40 21 25 31 44
Secret World Live
  • Released: 30 August 1994[30]
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, MC
10 34 8 11 16 24 23
Live Blood
  • Released: 23 April 2012
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD
195 185 65 88
Back to Front: Live in London
  • Released: 23 June 2014
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD
7
Growing Up: Live
  • Released: 8 February 2019
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: LP
31
In The Big Room
  • Released: 27 June 2025
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: Streaming, Download

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[17]
AUS
[18]
GER
[22]
ITA
[23]
NLD
[25]
NZ
[27]
SWE
[28]
SWI
[53]
US
[29]
Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
  • Released: 19 November 1990
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
11 41 12 14 18 10 27 48
Revisited
  • Released: 10 November 1992
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • Not released in the UK
Hit
  • Released: 3 November 2003
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD
29 25 17 34 16 100
Rated PG
  • Released: 13 April 2019[56]
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD, LP
97 37
Flotsam and Jetsam
  • Released: 13 September 2019
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: Digital download

Other albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Notes
FRA
[21]
GER
[22]
US
[29]
Ein deutsches Album
  • Released: July 1980
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: LP, MC
65 German language version of Peter Gabriel 3
Deutsches Album
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Charisma
  • Formats: LP, MC
German language version of Peter Gabriel 4
Big Blue Ball
  • Released: 24 June 2008
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD
12 130 Album by Big Blue Ball (Peter Gabriel and various artists)
Full Stretch
  • Released: January 2012
  • Label: La Fabrica Revista Matador
  • Formats: CD
Free with Spanish Matador magazine. Four ambient tracks based on New Blood recordings.[57]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[17]
AUS
[18][58]
CAN
[59][60]
GER
[61]
ITA
[62][63]
IRE
[64]
NLD
[65]
SWI
[66]
NZ
[67]
US
[68]
"Solsbury Hill" 1977 13 45 92 16 24 13 68 Peter Gabriel 1
"Modern Love"
"D.I.Y." 1978 Peter Gabriel 2
"Games Without Frontiers" 1980 4 44 7 36 3 48 Peter Gabriel 3
"No Self-Control" 33
"Spiel ohne Grenzen" Ein deutsches Album
"Biko" 38 Peter Gabriel 3
"I Don't Remember" 107
"Shock the Monkey"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] 1982 58 25 10 2 29 Peter Gabriel 4
"I Have the Touch"
"I Don't Remember" (live) 1983 62 Plays Live
"I Go Swimming" (live)
"Solsbury Hill" (live) 84
"Walk Through the Fire" 1984 69 Against All Odds
"Sledgehammer"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] 1986 4 3 1 7 5 3 6 4 3 1 So
"In Your Eyes" 97 29 50 26
"Don't Give Up"
(with Kate Bush)
9 5 40 27 4 5 16 72
"Big Time" 13 37 15 38 11 25 19 8
"Red Rain" 1987 46 27
"Biko" (live) 49 41 Non-album single
"In Your Eyes" (reissue) 1989 41 Say Anything...
"Shakin' the Tree"
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61 The Lion
"Solsbury Hill" /
"Shaking the Tree" (with Youssou N'Dour)
1990 57 121 26 Shaking the Tree
"Digging in the Dirt"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[d] 1992 24 23 6 23 39 12 25 52 Us
"Steam"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[e] 1993 10 29 1 48 7 27 7 32
"Blood of Eden"
(with Sinéad O'Connor)
43 112 73
"Kiss That Frog"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[f] 46 36
"Come Talk to Me"
"Lovetown"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[g] 1994 49 95 17 Philadelphia
SW Live EP: "Red Rain" (live) 39 63 Secret World Live
"While the Earth Sleeps"
(with Deep Forest)
1996 25 Strange Days
"When You're Falling"
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2001 86 Volume 3: Further in Time
"The Barry Williams Show"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[i] 2002 66 10 81 Up
"More Than This" 47 39
"Growing Up" 2003 35
"Burn You Up, Burn You Down" 78 49 Hit
"Darkness" (remixes) 2004 Up
"Salala"
(Angélique Kidjo featuring Peter Gabriel)
2007 Djin Djin
"Whole Thing"
(with Francis Bebey, Alex Faku, Tim Finn, Karl Wallinger, Andy White)
Big Blue Ball
"Burn You Up, Burn You Down"
(with Billy Cobham, The Holmes Brothers, Wendy Melvoin, Arona N'diaye, Jah Wobble)
2008
"Down to Earth"
(with The Soweto Gospel Choir)
73 WALL-E
"The Book of Love" 2010 93 Scratch My Back
"Courage" 2013 So 25th Anniversary Box Set
"I'm Amazing" 2016 rowspan="2" Template:Non-album singles
"The Veil"
"Panopticom" 2023 I/O
"The Court"
"Playing for Time"
"I/O"
"Four Kinds of Horses"
"Road to Joy"<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[j]
"So Much"
"Olive Tree"
"Love Can Heal"
"This Is Home"
"And Still"
"Live and Let Live"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "x" denotes the chart did not exist at the time.

Notes

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c. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "Shakin' the Tree" also reached No. 9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
d. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "Digging in the Dirt" also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
e. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "Steam" also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
f. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "Kiss That Frog" also reached No. 18 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
g. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "Lovetown" also reached No. 22 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
h. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "When You're Falling" also reached No. 27 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.
i. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "The Barry Williams Show" was deemed ineligible for the UK Singles Chart, as its length broke chart regulations for single releases, therefore it was instead listed as an EP and featured on the Budget Albums Chart where it reached No. 4.[70]
j. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ "Road to Joy" reached No. 4 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart.

Other charting tracks

Year Song CAN
[59]
US Main
[71]
Album
1982 "Kiss of Life" 34 Peter Gabriel 4
1986 "That Voice Again" 14 So
1993 "Secret World" 90 34 Us

Non-album tracks

Studio

Year Song(s) Album Notes
1976 "Strawberry Fields Forever" All This and World War II The Beatles cover; compiled on Flotsam and Jetsam
1982 "Across the River" Music and Rhythm original song; compiled on Flotsam and Jetsam
1984 "Walk Through the Fire" Against All Odds original song; compiled on Rated PG; single version compiled on Flotsam and Jetsam
"Out Out" Gremlins original song
1985 "No More Apartheid" Sun City original song with L. Shankar
1994 "Lovetown" Philadelphia original song; compiled on Hit
"Taboo" Natural Born Killers original song with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; compiled on Rated PG
"Summertime" The Glory of Gershwin George & Ira Gershwin cover; compiled on Flotsam and Jetsam
1995 "Party Man" Virtuosity[72] original song with The Worldbeaters; new version on Rated PG
"While the Earth Sleeps" Strange Days original song with Deep Forest
"Suzanne" Tower of Song Leonard Cohen cover; compiled on Flotsam and Jetsam
1997 "In the Sun" Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute Joseph Arthur song, originally recorded by Gabriel; compiled on Flotsam and Jetsam
1998 "That'll Do" Babe: Pig in the City original song with Paddy Maloney and The Black Dyke Mills Band, written by Randy Newman;[73] compiled on Rated PG
2002 "Animal Nation" The Wild Thornberrys Movie original song; compiled on Flotsam and Jetsam
2008 "Down to Earth" WALL-E original song with Thomas Newman, compiled on Rated PG
2022 "Here It Is" Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen[74] Leonard Cohen cover

Other songs

Amnesty International ¡Released! The Human Rights Concerts compilations

A series of live compilation albums released in 2013.

  • 1986: A Conspiracy of Hope: Recorded at Giants Stadium, New Jersey, USA, on 15 June 1986, includes: "Red Rain", "Shock the Monkey" and "Family Snapshot".
  • 1988: Human Rights Now!: Recorded live at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15 October 1988, includes: Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer", "Biko"; Peter Gabriel with Youssou N'Dour "In Your Eyes"; Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour, Tracy Chapman (with The E-Street Band) "Chimes of Freedom", "Get Up, Stand Up".
  • 1990: An Embrace of Hope…: Recorded live at National Stadium Stadium, Santiago, Chile on 13 October 1990, includes "Biko".
  • 1998: The Struggle Continues…: Recorded live at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France on 10 December 1998, includes: Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour, Tracy Chapman "Get Up, Stand Up"; Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour "Signal to Noise", "In Your Eyes", "Shaking the Tree"; Youssou N'Dour, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Jocelyne Beroard "7 Seconds".

Appears on

Production

Title Album details Peak chart positions
FRA
[21]
GER
[22]
US
[29]
Passion – Sources
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Real World
Plus from Us
  • Released: 16 May 1993
  • Label: Real World
And I'll Scratch Yours
  • Released: 23 September 2013
  • Label: Real World
127 19 183

Videos

Video albums

  • 1987 CV (compilation of videos, VHS) (RIAA: Gold)
  • 1990 POV (live concert from the So tour 1987, VHS)
  • 1993 All About Us (videos for Us album, VHS)
  • 1994 Secret World Live (live concert from the Secret World Tour 1993/94, VHS) (RIAA: Platinum)
  • 2002 Secret World Live (reissue, first time on DVD)
  • 2003 Growing Up: Live (live concert from the Growing Up Tour 2002/03, DVD) (RIAA: Platinum)
  • 2004 Growing Up on Tour: A Family Portrait (Peter Gabriel's daughter, Anna-Marie Gabriel, directs a film about her father's Growing Up and Still Growing Up tours, DVD)
  • 2004 Play (compilation of videos, including bonus videos and remastered sound. The music has been remixed on several tracks and the original mix is available as an alternate audio track, DVD)
  • 2005 Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped (live concert from the Still Growing Up Tour 2004, DVD)
  • 2011 New Blood: Live in London (live concert from the New Blood tour 2011, DVD)
  • 2013 Classic Albums: So (documentary on the making of the So album, DVD)
  • 2013 Live in Athens 1987 (reissue of POV, first time on DVD)
  • 2014 Back to Front: Live in London (live concert from the Back to Front tour 2013, DVD)

Music videos

Year Title Director
1977 "Modern Love" Peter Medak
1980 "Games Without Frontiers" David Mallet
1982 "Shock the Monkey" Brian Grant
1983 "I Don't Remember" Marcello Anciano
1984 "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" Dean Winkler
1986 "Sledgehammer" Stephen R. Johnson
"Mercy Street" Matt Mahurin
"Don't Give Up" (version 1) Lol Creme, Kevin Godley
"Don't Give Up" (version 2) Jim Blashfield
"In Your Eyes" Graham Dean, Peter Gabriel
"Red Rain" Matt Mahurin
1987 "Big Time" Stephen R. Johnson
"Biko" Lol Creme
1988 "Zaar" Stefan Roloff
1990 "Solsbury Hill"[77] Jerry Chater, Graham Dean, Peter Gabriel
"Shaking the Tree" Isaac Julien
1992 "Steam" Stephen R. Johnson
"Digging in the Dirt" John Downer
1993 "Blood of Eden" Nicola Bruce, Michael Coulson
"Kiss That Frog" Brett Leonard
"Come Talk to Me" Matt Mahurin
"Lovetown" Michael Coulson
2000 "The Nest That Sailed the Sky" York Tillyer
2002 "Growing Up" François Vogel
2003 "The Barry Williams Show" Sean Penn
"The Drop" Glenn Marshall
"Washing of the Water" York Tillyer
2004 "My Head Sounds Like That" Anna Gabriel
"Father, Son" Anna Gabriel
2023 "Love Can Heal"

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