Shaking the Tree

Rating

Album: Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats [2002 Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Solsbury Hill	More Info...	0:04
2)	I Don't Remember	More Info...	0:03
3)	Sledgehammer	More Info...	0:05
4)	Family Snapshot	More Info...	0:04
5)	Mercy Street	More Info...	0:04
6)	Shaking the Tree	More Info...	0:06
7)	Don't Give Up	More Info...	0:06
8)	San Jacinto	More Info...	0:06
9)	Here Comes the Flood	More Info...	0:04
10)	Red Rain	More Info...	0:05
11)	Games Without Frontiers	More Info...	0:04
12)	Shock the Monkey	More Info...	0:04
13)	I Have the Touch	More Info...	0:03
14)	Big Time	More Info...	0:04
15)	Zaar	More Info...	0:03
16)	Biko	More Info...	0:07

Album: Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats [2002 Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Solsbury Hill	More Info...	0:04
2)	I Don't Remember	More Info...	0:03
3)	Sledgehammer	More Info...	0:05
4)	Family Snapshot	More Info...	0:04
5)	Mercy Street	More Info...	0:04
6)	Shaking the Tree	More Info...	0:06
7)	Don't Give Up	More Info...	0:06
8)	San Jacinto	More Info...	0:06
9)	Here Comes the Flood	More Info...	0:04
10)	Red Rain	More Info...	0:05
11)	Games Without Frontiers	More Info...	0:04
12)	Shock the Monkey	More Info...	0:04
13)	I Have the Touch	More Info...	0:03
14)	Big Time	More Info...	0:04
15)	Zaar	More Info...	0:03
16)	Biko	More Info...	0:07

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Peter Gabriel (vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Youssou N'Dour, Kate Bush (vocals); Steve Hunter, Robert Fripp, David Rhodes, Daniel Lanois (guitar); Hugh Padgham, Steve Lillywhite (whistles); Mark Rivera, Dick Morrissey, Phil Todd (saxophone); Wayne Jackson, Guy Barker, John Barclay (trumpet); Don Mikkelson (trombone); Richard Tee (piano); Larry Fast (synthesizer); Tony Levin, John Giblin, Larry Klein (bass); Allan Schwartzberg, Jerry Marotta, Phil Collins, Manu Katche, Stewart Copeland (drums); Djalma Correa (percussion); Peter Hammill (background vocals).
Producers include: Peter Gabriel, Bob Ezrin, Peter Walsh, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite.
Recorded between 1977 & 1990.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel includes: Peter Gabriel (vocals, whistle, piano, synthesizer, drums, surdo, programming); Youssou N'Dour, Kate Bush (vocals); David Rhodes (guitar, background vocals); Steve Hunter, Robert Fripp (guitar); Shankar (violin); Larry Fast (bag pipes, Moog synthesizer); Mike Rivera (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, cornet); Simon Clark (piano, organ, keyboards); Richard Tee (piano); Tony Levin (bass, Chapman stick); John Giblin, Larry Klein (bass); Phil Collins (drums, surdo); Jerry Marotta (drums, percussion); Manu Katche, Stewart Copeland, Simon Philips (drums); Djalma Correa (congas, surdo, triangle); Dee Lewis (background vocals).
Producers include: Bob Ezrin, Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, David Lord.
Recorded between 1977 & 1990.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
A portrait of the artist as hit singles machine, SHAKING THE TREE features Peter Gabriel's most commercial post-Genesis material in one convenient package. Every cut is superb, and the dazzling track list includes "Solsbury Hill," still rock's most eloquent resignation speech, the anti-apartheid classic "Biko," the magisterial "Don't Give Up" with Kate Bush, the MTV friendly "Shock the Monkey" and "Sledgehammer," among others. Critical carping about whether this package is representative of his oeuvre as a whole is beside the point. This is, clearly, the Peter Gabriel album you'd most want to play at a party.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (1/11/91) - "..Peter Gabriel's forays into African, funk, folk, techno-pop, and Motown are always tempered by the theatrical sensibility he developed as a front man in the '70s for the progressive rock group Genesis...most of the tracks are more than "golden greats"-- they're some of the best rock songs of the post-punk era." - Rating: A

Q (1/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..Fifteen years and 16 hit singles since Genesis, Peter Gabriel still has the touch."