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〕 | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2Score = B+ | rev3 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev3Score = (not rated) | rev4 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev4Score = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Peter Gabriel: Album Guide )〕 }} ''Peter Gabriel'' is the first studio album by English rock musician Peter Gabriel and the first of four with the same eponymous title. Released on 25 February 1977, it was produced by Bob Ezrin. Gabriel and Ezrin assembled a team of musicians, including Robert Fripp of King Crimson, to record the album. Upon the album's release, Gabriel began touring with a seven-piece band under his own name. This album is often called either ''Peter Gabriel 1'' or ''Car'', referring to the album cover by London artist Peter Christopherson when he was associated with the London artists group Hipgnosis. The car was a Lancia Flavia owned by Hipgnosis founder Storm Thorgerson.〔(hypergallery.com )〕 The album went to No. 7 in UK and No. 38 in the USA. Gabriel's first solo success came with the album's lead single "Solsbury Hill", an autobiographical piece expressing his thoughts on leaving Genesis. Although mainly happy with the music, Gabriel felt that the album and especially the track "Here Comes the Flood" was over-produced. Piano-only or piano with synth versions may be heard on Robert Fripp's ''Exposure'', his appearance on Kate Bush's 1979 TV special and a third version on his greatest hits compilation ''Shaking the Tree'' (1990). He often performs the song live accompanied by only himself on keyboard, either in German or English, depending on the audience.〔(youtube.com )〕 Direct Disk Labs released a half speed mastered version from the original master tapes. It has a longer version of "Slowburn" (5:16 instead of 4:36) with the song's introduction intact. All other versions of this album have the introduction (with a full band) edited out. == Background == During the ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' tour, Gabriel announced to his Genesis bandmates that he had decided to leave the band,〔Mankowitz, Gered. "Help!". ''Mojo Magazine'', April 2007.〕 citing estrangement from the other members and the strains on his marriage. Nonetheless, he saw his commitment through to the conclusion of the tour. The breaking point came with the difficult pregnancy of Gabriel's wife, Jill and the subsequent birth of their first child, Anna. When he opted to stay with his sick daughter and wife, rather than record and tour, the resentment from the rest of the band led Gabriel to conclude that he had to leave the group. In a letter to fans, delivered through the music press at the end of the tour, entitled ''Out, Angels Out'', Gabriel explained that the "...vehicle we had built as a co-op to serve our song writing became our master and had cooped us up inside the success we had wanted. It affected the attitudes and the spirit of the whole band. The music had not dried up and I still respect the other musicians, but our roles had set in hard."〔"Gabriel, Peter. ("Out, Angels Out – an investigation" ) genesis-path.net, August 1975. Retrieved on 23 March 2007.〕 Gabriel then closed the letter: "There is no animosity between myself and the band or management. The decision had been made some time ago and we have talked about our new direction. The reason why my leaving was not announced earlier was because I had been asked to delay until they had found a replacement to plug up the hole. It is not impossible that some of them might work with me on other projects."〔 Phil Collins later remarked that the other members "...were not stunned by Peter's departure because we had known about it for quite a while." The band decided to carry on without Gabriel.〔Welch, Chris. "Peter Gabriel Quits Genesis". ''Melody Maker'', 23 August 1975.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Gabriel (1977 album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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