Scratch My Back

Not my cup of tea. (2010-07-15) : 3/5
I LOVE Peter Gabriel - pretty much my #1 favorite artist, but I was underwhelmed by this album. It's interesting and unique, but I just had a hard time getting into it. I hope a new album is upcoming that goes back a bit to his prior work.
Peter does elevator music (2010-07-12) : 2/5
I am a BIG Peter Gabriel fan. These songs are extreeeeeemly slowwwww, no percussion, and covers. Did the great P.G. sign with Muzak? Boring and tedious. It's sad to hear one of my favorite artists butcher works of other favorite artists. Yawn.
One says, then another says... (2010-07-09) : 4/5
First off, I really do not like cover albums. Secondly, since Gabriel left Genesis, he has seemed to become more and more pretentious as the decades have passed. He is notoriously slow at working on his projects. However, his solo work has been brilliant and compelling especially the last studio album Up. I had no interest in a cover album and was not going to waste my time with this. If Gabriel is too good to join back with the old boys for a tour why should i give him my attention, right? Well, I borrowed this album from an acquaintance and have to say i was more than surprised as well as quite pleased. The only song I knew is Bowie's Heroes but it matters not whether you know whose song he is singing. It might actually be better to have never heard some of these songs in their original recordings. Scratch My Back is an odd title, although it works within his concept of other artists covering his songs on another recording. Yet, the album is beautiful and moving. My Body is a Cage surprised me. It is an awesome track as is the following The Book of Love. Gabriel's reinterpretation of Bowie also works well.br /I still don't like cover albums but Gabriel has done a great job in both his vocal performance and arranging of these songs and deserves at least a listen.
AWESOME (2010-07-06) : 5/5
The person's who wrote bad reviews for this Album I totally disagree with it. I study music and I can tell you this album is awesome. The mix, everything is great. I added this album to my cart after listening to one song "games without frontiers". This is awesome, that's all I have to say.
Stunning. (2010-06-20) : 5/5
I am not going to account for taste regarding this musically entralling album, but I will say you absolutely need to hear this on vinyl, and in a system worth hearing it through. What once was muddled and confusing, is now utterly dynamic, alive and self-effacing. It's going to take awhile for people to digest the greatness hear, musically and sonically. Rocks in its own way.