We will have two reviews about "i/o" on the website. One positive and one more critical one.
The rather posicitve review is now online and we've called it "The bright-sides review"
Genesis News Com [it]: Peter Gabriel - i/o - album review (bright-sided view) (genesis-news.com)
I agree with this review. I was a bit skeptical but i/o turned out to be a great record!
Hello, as I said, the reviews in Spain are very good. Ruta66 magazine has named it album of the month.
This is Rock magazine has a short but good review.
When will the review of the dark side be ready?
Thanks for posting
I basically agree to this review. But I am also curious what the „dark“ review will be like …
We are curious, too...
have been reading several newspaper reviews of album, all very positive...for each review the game is to see if no mention of PG having once been in Genesis is made.
So far, all reviews have included this age old bit of musical history 😄
have been reading several newspaper reviews of album, all very positive...for each review the game is to see if no mention of PG having once been in Genesis is made.
So far, all reviews have included this age old bit of musical history 😄
It's an undeniable fact. Why not mention it?
Well, after almost 50 years it's a quite unimportant fact concerning Gabriels music IMHO.
It's hardly a strange thing to mention he was in Genesis no matter how long the interval? If Paul McCartney releases something, he's always going to be the "ex-Beatle". I don't see how it is in any way controversial, or that it diminishes the current release in any way.
It's hardly a strange thing to mention he was in Genesis no matter how long the interval? If Paul McCartney releases something, he's always going to be the "ex-Beatle". I don't see how it is in any way controversial, or that it diminishes the current release in any way.
Nothing controversial at all...just a bit of fun i have, as PG and Genesis will always be intwined together ...its how quick in any PG article, the reference can be made 😄
MY REVIEW OF I/o- PETER GABRIEL (Bright Side)
Author: F.L. Clauss Klamp
I was looking forward to the release of this album after more than 20 years without releasing an album of original songs.
I know the songs because they have been presented every month for a year (Full Moon), and because I have heard them in his concert series (through Youtube), since he did not come to Spain.
Reviewing an album that you have already heard partly live is not an easy task. I don't have a device of sufficient quality to differentiate the sounds coming from the different mixes.
I grew up "musically" in a time when vinyl, cassette and cds were the ways in which music was listened to. I don't adapt to platforms like Spotify because an album is a whole, not just the sum of its parts.
I/0 on a first listen is a good (great) album that shows the immense creativity of a musician who is already 73 years old.
Are many 12 songs the result of 21 years of work?
I don't know; better 12 songs than 30!!! like Dolly Parton does with her Rockstar, although Dolly comes out of it very well.
Sales in other countries are going very well.
Number one in the UK; number 2 in Germany; number 7 in France...; as are the reviews.
Would they have been the same if i/o came out at the end of the year without the idea of releasing a single every month?
PG wanted to "test" the songs in the live shows; to play it safe and the game has turned out well.
I/O talks about social, political and family issues. Its sound is very well achieved, with high technology and several mixes (Bright, Dark, Atmos)... If the songs are not good, what good is a mix? I personally have not been very attentive to the different mixes, but to the songs.
The list of collaborators is immense and varied. From African choirs to an orchestra conducted by JOHN METCALFE. The participation of BRIAN ENO on some tracks gives the album cachet. His usual band is very well-oiled: Levin, Katche, Rhodes... In the credits, neither Ayanna nor Marina Moore, key players in his live performances, are present, but John Schpak does appear.
And now (after this introduction) let's look at the songs:
On a first listen the album sounds very different from the live performances. I would say there are two parts; the first six or eight songs seem more hopeful, more positive; and the following ones are more introspective.
I've missed in the booklet the "lyrics" of the songs...
As for preferences, I really like Panopticom, i/0, Four Kind Of Horses and This is Home, although all of them shine at a high level.
Peter Gabriel's best album? "It's the best after 21 years of waiting" I think it's been cooked with time and without rushing.
Different from US and UP, as PG's world was different in 2002 (UP) and 1992 (US), It's not good (my opinion) to compare I/o with his other albums; each one has a life of its own.
The score I give it is 8.5, somewhere between a high mark and outstanding.
More towards the outstanding.
Note: a wish that he comes to Spain if there is a new tour and if not that the next album comes out before 20 years!!!
