Peter GABRIEL


So

(1986)



1. Red Rain 5'37
(Peter Gabriel)
2. Sledgehammer 5'13
(Peter Gabriel)
3. Don't Give Up 6'32
(Peter Gabriel)
with Kate Bush
4. That Voice Again 4'52
(Peter Gabriel / David Rhodes)
5. Mercy Street 6'20
(Peter Gabriel)
6. Big Time 4'29
(Peter Gabriel)
7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) 3'20
(Peter Gabriel)
8. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) 4'21
(Laurie Anderson / Peter Gabriel)
9. In Your Eyes 5'28
(Peter Gabriel)

Total Time: 46:12


  • Peter Gabriel - Synthesizers, Piano (1-5, 7-9), CMI, Synclavier (8), Linn (3, 6, 8), Percussion (4), Vocals
  • David Rhodes - Guitar (1-4, 6, 7, 9), Background Vocals (1, 9)
  • Daniel Lanois - Guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 8), Surf Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Tambourine (2)
  • Nile Rodgers - Guitar (8)
  • Jimmy Bralower - Synthesizer, Linn Programming (6)
  • Simon Clark - CS80 (3, 6), Hammond Organ (6), CMI, Basss (6)
  • Richard Tee - Piano (2, 5, 9)
  • Tony Levin - Bass (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
  • Larry Klein - Bass (5, 9)
  • Bill Laswell - Bass (8)
  • Mark Riviera - Saxophone (2, 6), Processed Saxophone (5)
  • Don Mikkelsen - Trombone (2, 6)
  • Wayne Jackson - Trumpet (2, 6), Cornet (6)
  • Lakshminarayana Shankar - Violin (4, 7)
  • Chris Hughes - Linn Programming (1)
  • Jerry Marotta - Drums (1, 7, 9), Drumstic Bass (6)
  • Manu Katche - Drums (2-4, 9), Percussion (3, 4, 9), Talking Drum (8, 9)
  • Stewart Copeland - Drums (6), Hi-Hat (1)
  • Djalma Correa - Surdo (5), Congas (5), Triangle (5)
  • Kate Bush - Vocals (3)
  • Laurie Anderson - Vocals (8)
  • Youssou N'Dour - Vocals (9)
  • Ronnie Bright - Bass Vocal (9)
  • P.P. Arnold - Background Vocals (2, 6)
  • Michael Been - Background Vocals (9)
  • Coral Gordon - Background Vocals (2, 6)
  • Dee Lewis - Background Vocals (2, 6)
  • Jim Kerr - Background Vocals (9)

    Produced by Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel
    Engineered by Kevin Killen and Daniel Lanois
    Original Track Recording by David Bascombe
    Additional Engineering by David Bottrill and David Stallbaumer
    Assisted by Jam Crisp
    Originally Mastered by Ian Cooper
    Studio Management by David Stallbaumer

    POLYGRAM STUDIOS, Rio de Janeiro):
    Engineered by Ary Carvalhaes and Jairo Gualberto
    Studio Organization by Luigi Hoffer,
    Session Supervision by Renato Costa and Graciela Silberberg

    New York overdubs Recorded at The POWER STATION,
    Engineered by Bruce Lampcov
    Assisted by Steve Boyer
    session Supervision by Charlene Colon
    Additional arrangement ideas by David Rhodes
    Horn Arrangements by Wayne Jackson, Peter Gabriel and Daniel Lanois
    Management by Gail Colson
    Assisted by Norma Bishop,
    GAILFORCE, 81 Walton Street, London SW3 2HP
    Assistant to Peter Gabriel - Amanda Harcourt
    Design by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens,
    Peter SAVILLE ASSOCIATES, London
    Photography by Trevor Key

    All Songs by Peter Gabriel
    Except "That Voice Again" lyric by Peter Gabriel / David Rhodes
    and "This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)" by Laurie Anderson / Peter Gabriel

    All Tracks Recorded and Mixed at REAL WORLD STUDIOS, England

    Except for "Mercy Street" Percussion Recorded in POLYGRAM STUDIOS, Rio De Janeiro

    Originally Mastered at The TOWNHOUSE, London
    CCD Pre-Mastering by
    WCI RECORD GROUP





    1. Red Rain

      Red rain is coming down
      Red rain
      Red rain is pouring down
      Pouring down all over me

      I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream
      I cannot make a single sound as you scream
      It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
      This place is so quiet, sensing that storm

      Red rain is coming down
      Red rain
      Red rain is pouring down
      Pouring down all over me

      Well i've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
      They tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
      There is no blood around see no sign of pain
      Hay ay ay no pain
      Seeing no red at all, see no rain

      Red rain is coming down
      Red rain
      Red rain is pouring down
      Pouring down all over me

      Red rain-
      Putting the pressure on much harder now
      To return again and again
      Just let the red rain splash you
      Let the rain fall on your skin
      I come to you defences down
      With the trust of a child

      Red rain is coming down
      Red rain
      Red rain is pouring down
      Pouring down all over me
      And i can't watch any more
      No more denial
      It's so hard to lay down in all of this
      Red rain is coming down
      Red rain is pouring down
      Red rain is coming down all over me
      I see it
      Red rain is coming down
      Red rain is pouring down
      Red rain is coming down all over me
      I'm bathing in it
      Red rain coming down
      Red rain is coming down
      Red rain is coming down all over me
      I'm begging you
      Red rain coming down
      Red rain coming down
      Red rain coming down
      Red rain coming down
      Over me in the red red sea
      Over me
      Over me
      Red rain

    2. Sledgehammer

      You could have a steam train
      If you'd just lay down your tracks
      You could have an aeroplane flying
      If you bring your blue sky back

      All you do is call me
      I'll be anything you need

      You could have a big dipper
      Going up and down, all around the bends
      You could have a bumper car, bumping
      This amusement never ends

      I want to be your sledgehammer
      Why don't you call my name
      Oh let me be your sledgehammer
      This will be my testimony
      Show me round your fruitcage
      'Cos i will be your honey bee
      Open up your fruitcage
      Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

      I want to be your sledgehammer
      Why don't you call my name
      You'd better call the sledgehammer
      Put your mind at rest
      I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
      This can be my testimony
      I'm your sledgehammer
      Let there be no doubt about it

      Sledge sledge sledgehammer

      I've kicked the habit
      Shed my skin
      This is the new stuff
      I go dancing in, we go dancing in
      Oh won't you show for me
      And i will show for you
      Show for me, i will show for you
      Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, i do mean you
      Only you
      You've been coming through
      Going to build that powerr
      Build, build up that power, hey
      I've been feeding the rhythm
      I've been feeding the rhythm
      Going to feel that power, build in you
      Come on, come on, help me do
      Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
      I've been feeding the rhythm
      I've been feeding the rhythm
      It's what we're doing, doing
      All day and night

    3. Don't Give Up

      In this proud land we grew up strong
      We were wanted all along
      I was taught to fight, taught to win
      I never thought i could fail

      No fight left or so it seems
      I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
      I've changed my face, i've changed my name
      But no one wants you when you lose

      Don't give up
      'Cos you have friends
      Don't give up
      You're not beaten yet
      Don't give up
      I know you can make it good

      Though i saw it all around
      Never thought i could be affected
      Thought that we'd be the last to go
      It is so strange the way things turn

      Drove the night toward my home
      The place that i was born, on the lakeside
      As daylight broke, i saw the earth
      The trees had burned down to the ground

      Don't give up
      You still have us
      Don't give up
      We don't need much of anything
      Don't give up
      'Cause somewhere there's a place
      Where we belong

      Rest your head
      You worry too much
      It's going to be alright
      When times get rough
      You can fall back on us
      Don't give up
      Please don't give up

      'Got to walk out of here
      I can't take anymore
      Going to stand on that bridge
      Keep my eyes down below
      Whatever may come
      And whatever may go
      That river's flowing
      That river's flowing

      Moved on to another town
      Tried hard to settle down
      For every job, so many men
      So many men no-one needs

      Don't give up
      'Cause you have friends
      Don't give up
      You're not the only one
      Don't give up
      No reason to be ashamed
      Don't give up
      You still have us
      Don't give up now
      We're proud of who you are
      Don't give up
      You know it's never been easy
      Don't give up
      'Cause i believe there's the a place
      There's a place where we belong

    4. That Voice Again

      I want to be with you
      I want to be clear
      But each time I try
      It's the voice I hear
      I hear that voice again

      I'm listening to the conversation
      Judge and jury in my head
      It's colouring everything
      All we did and said
      And still I head that sharp tongue talking
      Talking tangled words
      I can sense the danger
      Just listen to the wind

      I want you close I want you near
      I can't help but listen
      But I don't want to hear
      Hear that voice again

      I want to be with you
      I want to be clear
      But each time I try
      It's the voice I hear
      I hear that voice again

      I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly
      There must be more than this
      It's only in uncertainty
      That we're naked and alive
      I hear it through the rattle of a streetcar
      Hear it through the things you said
      I can get so scared
      Listen to the wind

      I want you close I want you near
      I can't help but listen
      But I don't want to hear
      Hear that voice again

      What I carry in my heart
      Brings us so close or so far apart
      Only love can make love

      I want you close I want you near
      I can't help but listen
      But I don't want to hear
      I hear that voice again

      I want to be with you
      I want to be clear
      But each time I try
      It's the voice I hear
      I hear that voice again

    5. Mercy Street

      Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
      Are the dreams all made solid
      Are the dreams all made real

      All of the buildings, all of those cars
      Were once just a dream
      In somebody's head

      She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
      She pictures a soul
      With no leak at the seam

      Lets take the boat out
      Wait until darkness
      Let's take the boat out
      Wait until darkness comes

      Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
      Nowhere in the suburbs
      In the cold light of day

      There in the midst of it so alive and alone
      Words support like bone

      Dreaming of mercy st.
      Wear your inside out
      Dreaming of mercy
      In your daddy('s arms again
      Dreaming of mercy st.
      'Swear they moved that sign
      Dreaming of mercy
      In your daddy's arms

      Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
      Tugging at the darkness, word upon word

      Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
      To the priest-he's the doctor
      He can handle the shocks

      Dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
      Of kissing mary's lips

      Dreaming of mercy st.
      Wear your insides out
      Dreaming of mercy
      In your daddy's arms again
      Dreaming of mercy st.
      'Swear they moved that sign
      Looking for mercy
      In your daddy's arms

      Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
      Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy

      Anne, with her father is out in the boat
      Riding the water
      Riding the waves on the sea

    6. Big Time

      I'm on my way, i'm making it
      I've giot to make it show, yeah
      So much larger than life
      I'm going to watch it growing

      The place where i come from is a small town
      They think so small
      They use small words
      -but not me
      I'm smarter than that
      I worked it out
      I've been stretching my mouth
      To let those big words come right out

      I've had enough, i'm getting out
      To the city, the big big city
      I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
      There's so much stuff i will own
      And i will pray to a big god
      As i kneel in the big church

      Big time
      I'm on my way-i'm making it
      Big time big time
      I've got to make it show yeah
      Big time big time
      So much larger than life
      Big time
      I'm going to watch it growing
      Big time

      My parties all have big names
      And i greet them with the widest smile
      Tell them how my life is one big adventure^
      And always they're amazed
      When i show them round my house, to my bed
      I had it made like a mountain range
      With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
      And my heaven will be a big heaven
      And i will walk through the front door

      Big time
      I'm on my way-i'm making it
      Big time big time
      I've got to make it show-yeah
      Big time big time
      So much larger than life
      I'm going to watch it growing
      Big time big time
      My car is getting bigger
      Big time
      My house is getting bigger
      Big time
      My eyes are getting bigger
      Big time
      And my mouth
      Big time
      My belly is getting bigger
      Big time
      And my bank account
      Big time
      Look at my circumstance
      Big time
      And the bulge in my big big big big big big big

    7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)

      We do what we're told
      We do what we're told
      We do what we're told
      Told to do

      We do what we're told
      We do what we're told
      We do what we're told
      Told to do

      One doubt
      One voice
      One war
      One truth
      One dream

    8. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)

      Flying birds
      Excellent birds
      Watch them fly, there they go
      Falling snow
      Excellent snow
      Here it comes. Watch it fall

      Long words
      Excellent words
      I can hear them now

      This is the picture, this is the picture
      This is the picture, this is the picture

      I'm sitting by the window
      Watching the snow fall
      I'm looking out
      And i'm moving, turning in time
      Catching up. Moving in
      Jump up! I can land on my feet. Look out!

      This is the picture, this is the picture
      This is the picture, this is the picture

      Looking out. Watching out
      When i see the future i close my eyes
      I can see it now

      I see pictures of people, rising up
      Pictures of people, falling down
      I see pictures of people
      They're standing on their heads, they're ready
      They're looking out, look out!
      They're watching out, watch out!
      They're looking out, look out!
      They're watching out, watch out!

      I see pictures of people
      I see pictures of people

    9. In Your Eyes

      Love I get so lost, sometimes
      Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
      When I want to run away
      I drive off in my car
      But whichever way I go
      I come back to the place you are

      All my instincts, they return
      And the grand facade, so soon will burn
      Without a noise, without my pride
      I reach out from the inside

      In your eyes
      The light the heat
      In your eyes
      I am complete
      In your eyes
      I see the doorway to a thousand churches
      In your eyes
      The resolution of all the fruitless searches
      In your eyes
      I see the light and the heat
      In your eyes
      Oh, I want to be that complete
      I want to touch the light
      The heat I see in your eyes

      Love, I don't like to see so much pain
      So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
      I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
      I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

      And all my instincts, they return
      And the grand facade, so soon will burn
      Without a noise, without my pride
      I reach out from the inside

      In your eyes
      The light the heat
      In your eyes
      I am complete
      In your eyes
      I see the doorway to a thousand churches
      In your eyes
      The resolution of all the fruitless searches
      In your eyes
      I see the light and the heat
      In your eyes
      Oh, I want to be that complete
      I want to touch the light,
      The heat I see in your eyes
      In your eyes in your eyes
      In your eyes in your eyes
      In your eyes in your eyes