PETER GABRIEL - SCRATCH MY BACK (200G LP)

Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back On 200 Gram Vinyl LP

Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back album project is the first part of a series of song exchanges in which Gabriel and other leading artists reinterpret each other’s songs. To help craft his recording of the album’s eclectic array of cult favorites and classic tracks, Gabriel enlisted former Durutti Column member John Metcalfe, composer, arranger and the expertise of producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd's The Wall/Lou Reed's Berlin) and engineer, mixer and producer Tchad Blake (Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits). Gabriel describes this as a very personal record with twelve songs performed only with orchestral instruments and voice. He made the choice not to include guitar or drums. The album’s richly diverse sounds include the sparse romance of Lou Reed's "The Power of the Heart," the powerful musical journey of David Bowie’s "Heroes" and an epic arrangement of Arcade Fire’s "My Body Is A Cage." Gabriel and his collaborators recorded the album at George Martin’s Air Lyndhurst Studios and the Real World Temple with further editing and mixing at his own Real Worlds Studio in Wiltshire.

Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back Track Listing

1.  Heroes (David Bowie)
2.  The Boy In The Bubble (Paul Simon)
3.  Mirrorball (Elbow)
4.  Flume (Bon Iver)
5.  Listening Wind (Talking Heads)
6.  The Power Of The Heart (Lou Reed)
7.  My Body Is A Cage (Arcade Fire)
8.  The Book Of Love (The Magnetic Fields)
9.  I Think It’s Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman)
10. Apres Moi (Regina Spektor)
11. Philadelphia (Neil Young)
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead)