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| Length = 46:25 | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''Birdy'' (1985) | This album = ''So'' (1986) | Next album = ''Passion'' (1989) | Misc = | single 2 = Don't Give Up | single 2 date = September 1986 | single 3 = In Your Eyes | single 3 date = September 1986 | single 4 = Big Time | single 4 date = February 1987 | single 5 = Red Rain | single 5 date = June 1987 }} }} ''So'' is the fifth album by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records. After working on the soundtrack to the film ''Birdy'' (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel's home during 1985 to work on his next singing project. Initial sessions for ''So'' consisted of Gabriel, Lanois and guitarist David Rhodes, although these grew to include a number of percussionists. Although Gabriel continued to use the pioneering Fairlight CMI synthesizer, songs from these sessions were notably less experimental than his previous material, and fused pop and art rock with elements of traditional world music, particularly African and Brazilian styles. It is Gabriel's first non-eponymous album, ''So'' representing an "anti-title" that resulted from label pressure to properly market his music. Widely regarded as his best album, as well as his most accessible, it transformed Gabriel from a cult artist into a mainstream star. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised its melodicism and fusion of genres, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Gabriel toured ''So'' on the This Way Up tour (1986–1987), with some songs performed at human rights and charity concerts during this period. ''So'' is Gabriel's best-selling solo release, and has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. It spawned five singles, "Sledgehammer", "Don't Give Up", "Big Time", "In Your Eyes" and "Red Rain". "Sledgehammer" achieved particular success, reaching number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and winning a record of ten MTV Video Music Awards. ''So'' was remastered in 2002, partially re-recorded for Gabriel's 2012 orchestral project ''New Blood'' and issued as a box set the same year. It has been deemed one of the best albums of the 1980s and is included in ''Rolling Stone''s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ==Background== Prior to recording ''So'', Gabriel released four studio albums all titled ''Peter Gabriel''. They received nicknames based on their sleeve art, which were designed by English duo Hipgnosis. His debut, ''Car'' (1977), received positive reviews, mainly because of the hugely popular "Solsbury Hill", which concerned the site of the same name near Ashcombe House, Gabriel's estate to the north-east of Bath in Somerset. His second album—''Scratch'' (1978)—fared less well and it was not until ''Melt'' (1980) that Gabriel was considered a progressive solo artist. ''Melt'' included the emotive anti-apartheid song "Biko" and the popular "Games Without Frontiers", with Gabriel helping to "blueprint the sound of 80s rock through its trailblazing use of what became known as the "gated reverb" drum effect."〔 In the early 1980s, Gabriel embarked on various projects, including founding the World Music, Arts and Dance Festival (WOMAD), with a WOMAD album featuring himself, Robert Fripp, Pete Townshend and other artists of the world music genre. His fourth album, ''Security'' (1982)—also released in German as the ''Deutsches Album'' (1982)—saw success with Gabriel's music video for the eye-opening "Shock the Monkey".〔 Gabriel won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for scoring the soundtrack to the film ''Birdy'' (1984). 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「So (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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