Album
Shaking The Tree (Sixteen Golden Greats)
1990 · Electronic, Rock
25 collectors on Gatefold own this
Shaking The Tree (Sixteen Golden Greats) is an Electronic album by Peter Gabriel, originally released in 1990. On Gatefold: 156 pressings tracked, owned by 25 collectors.
About
Even when putting together a simple greatest-hits collection, Peter Gabriel has to fuss and fight with himself and give fans a new experience at each turn. On this set, “Here Comes the Flood” was a brand-new 1990 rerecording, with “Shaking the Tree” (his duet with Youssou N’Dour that appeared on N’Dour’s 1989 album <i>The Lion</i>) including new vocals from Gabriel. Many tracks here (“I Don’t Remember,” “Sledgehammer,” “Shock the Monkey”) are either radio edits or edits to ensure that everything could fit on a single CD. Casual fans are often disappointed by this collection's omission of “In Your Eyes,” which appeared on the soundtrack to the Cameron Crowe film <i>Say Anything</i>. (Of course, the digital era has made it much easier to purchase a single track.) What stands out most here, however, is the beauty of the pacing. Gabriel took great pains to oversee this album and to ensure that it played as he envisioned it. From “Solsbury Hill” to “Biko,” the effect is complete. Other artists should take such care with their hits collections.
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Tracklist
- 1Solsbury Hill4:20
- 2I Don't Remember3:48
- 3Sledgehammer4:55
- 4Family Snapshot4:25
- 5Mercy Street4:43
- 6Shaking The Tree6:24
- 7Don't Give Up5:55
- 8San Jacinto6:40
- 9Here Comes The Flood4:31
- 10Red Rain5:35
- 11Games Without Frontiers3:57
- 12Shock The Monkey3:57
- 13I Have The Touch3:44
- 14Big Time4:25
- 15Zaar2:58
- 16Biko6:54
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- triumphant
- cinematic
Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats is a compilation album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released in 1990 (recorded 1976-1990) as Gabriel's first career retrospective, including songs from his first solo album Peter Gabriel (I or Car) (1977), through Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (1989). It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002. The vinyl version of the album is called Shaking the Tree: Twelve Golden Greats.
Original 1990 LP issues and some cassette versions omit four tracks and are subtitled "Twelve Golden Greats". Tracks omitted from one-disc version LP are: "San Jacinto", "Red Rain", "I Have the Touch" and "Zaar".
"Sledgehammer" is edited, removing the intro and replacing the outro with an edit of the Dance Mix outro. Starting in 2002, reissues contain a new reconstruction of this edit from an alternate mix, most easily identified by synth stabs during the flute solo in the middle of the song.
US first edition release date: 4 Dec 1990
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- David RhodesGUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Jerry MarottaDRUMS BASS BASS DRUM
- Larry FastSYNTHESIZER, BAGPIPES BASS BRASS
- Peter GabrielPIANO, DRUM PROGRAMMING VOCALS VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- Allan SchwartzbergDRUMS
- Chris HughesDRUM PROGRAMMING DRUMS , PROGRAMMED BY DRUMS
- Coral GordonBACKING VOCALS
- Daniel LanoisACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
- Dave GregoryGUITAR
- David FergusonVOCALS
- Dee LewisBACKING VOCALS
- Dick MorrisseySAXOPHONE
- Djalma CorreaCONGAS CONGAS, TRIANGLE, SURDO SURDO , CONGAS, TRIANGLE
- Don MikkelsenALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE TROMBONE
- George AcognyBACKING VOCALS PERCUSSION PERCUSSION , SEQUENCED BY
- Guy BakerTRUMPET
- Guy BarkerTRUMPET
- Habib FayeBASS BASS GUITAR , GUITAR BASS, GUITAR
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