This following is the solo discography of Peter Gabriel, an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially successful, selling five million copies in America, and the album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. The song is the most played music video in the history of the station.
Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982. He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label. He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download services. Gabriel has been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. In 1980, he released the anti-apartheid single "Biko". He has participated in several human rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour in 1988, and co-founded the WITNESS human rights organisation in 1992. In collaboration with entrepreneur Richard Branson, Gabriel developed The Elders, which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007.
Gabriel has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1987, six Grammy Awards, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards, and in 2007 he was honoured as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his "influence on generations of music makers". In recognition of his many years of human rights activism, he received the Man of Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in 2006, and in 2008, TIME magazine named Gabriel one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Gabriel was also awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Polar Music Prize in 2009.
AllMusic has described Gabriel as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians, as well as one of its most political." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, followed by his induction as a solo artist in 2014.
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Notes
a. ^ "Shock the Monkey" also reached No. 64 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 26 on the Dance Music/Club Play chart.
b. ^ "Sledgehammer" also reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and No. 1 on the Dance Music/Club Play chart.
c. ^ "In Your Eyes" was certified Gold by the RIAA.
d. ^ "Digging in the Dirt" also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
e. ^ "Steam" also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
f. ^ "Kiss That Frog" also reached No. 18 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
g. ^ "Lovetown" also reached No. 22 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
h. ^ "When You're Falling" also reached No. 27 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.
i. ^ "The Barry Williams Show" was deemed ineligible for the UK Singles Chart, as its length broke chart regulations for single releases, therefore it was instead listed as an EP and featured on the Budget Albums Chart where it reached No. 4.
1987 CV (video compilation album)(RIAA: Gold)
1990 POV (live concert in Greece, 1987)
1993 All About Us (video compilation album)
1994 Secret World Live (concert DVD from the Secret World Tour 1992/93, RIAA: Platinum)
2003 Growing Up Live (concert DVD from the Growing Up Tour 2002/03, RIAA: Platinum)
2004 Play (compilation DVD with all of his music videos, including bonus videos and remastered sound. The music has been remixed on several tracks and the original mix is available as an alternate audio track.)
2004 A Family Portrait – A Film By Anna Gabriel (Peter Gabriel's daughter, Anna Marie Gabriel, directs a film about her father's Growing Up and Still Growing Up tours)
2005 Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped
2011 New Blood: Live in London
2013 Live in Athens 1987
2014 Back to Front: Live in London
1976 "Strawberry Fields Forever" (All This and World War II soundtrack)
1984 "Walk Through the Fire" (Against All Odds soundtrack)
1984 "I Go Swimming" (Live) (Hard To Hold soundtrack)
1984 "Out Out" (Gremlins soundtrack)
1989 "In Your Eyes" (Say Anything... soundtrack)
1994 "Lovetown" (Philadelphia soundtrack)
1994 "Taboo" (with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Natural Born Killers soundtrack)
1995 "Party Man" (with The Worldbeaters, Virtuosity soundtrack)
1995 "While the Earth Sleeps" (with Deep Forest, Strange Days soundtrack)
1996 "I Have the Touch (96 Remix)" (Remixed by Robbie Robertson and P. Gabriel, music from the motion picture Phenomenon)
1997 "Shaking the Tree '97 (Jungle Version) (Jungle 2 Jungle soundtrack)
1998 "I Grieve" (City of Angels soundtrack, re-edit later released on Up)
1998 "That'll Do" (Babe: Pig in the City soundtrack)
2000 "The Tower That Ate People" & "The Tower That Ate People (Remix)" (Red Planet soundtrack)
2001 "Nocturnals" (Les Morsures de l'aube, not released on soundtrack)
2001 "Solsbury Hill" (Vanilla Sky)
2002 "Animal Nation" and "Shaking the Tree (02 Remix)" (The Wild Thornberrys Movie soundtrack)
2002 "Signal to Noise" (Gangs of New York soundtrack)
2004 "The Book of Love" (Shall We Dance? soundtrack)
2004 Gabriel performed a voiceover for the game Myst IV: Revelation. It also features the song "Curtains."
2006 "Father, Son" (Barnyard soundtrack)
2007 "Different Stories, Different Lives" (with The Footnote and Angie Pollock Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure soundtrack)
2008 "Down to Earth" (WALL·E soundtrack)
2016 "The Veil" (Snowden soundtrack)
1982 "Across the River" on the album WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) Music And Rhythm by WEA Germany and 1983 The Best Of Music & Rhythm
1985 "No More Apartheid" (with Shankar) (Sun City)
1987 "Biko (Live)" by Habib Faye, Lou Reed, Papa Oumar N'Gom, Peter Gabriel, Rick Bell, & Youssou N'Dour (The Secret Policeman's Third Ball)
1994 "Summertime" on the album The Glory of Gershwin
1994 "Biko (Live)" (Woodstock '94)
1995 "Suzanne" cover of Leonard Cohen song on Tribute compilation "Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen"
1997 "In The Sun" on the album Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute
1999 "Fourteen Black Paintings" (listed as "Black Paintings") on the album No Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees
1970 "Katmandu" <flute> on the album Mona Bone Jakon by Cat Stevens
1979 "Here Comes the Flood" on the album Exposure by Robert Fripp
1981 "Not One of Us (Live)", "Humdrum (Live)" and "Ain't That Peculiar (Live)" on The Bristol Recorder 2
1981 "Animals Have More Fun" with Jimmy Pursey
1981 "Screaming Jets" on the album Walking into Mirrors by Johnny Warman
1984 "Gravity's Angel", "Language D'Amour" and "Excellent Birds" on the album Mister Heartbreak by Laurie Anderson
1985 "Take Me Home" <background vocals> on the album No Jacket Required by Phil Collins
1986 "Everywhere I Go" <background vocals> by The Call
1987 "Fallen Angel" and "Broken Arrow" on the album Robbie Robertson by Robbie Robertson
1987 "Do What You Do" and "I Got Your Message" on the album Do What You Do by The Epidemics
1987 "Winds of Change (Mandela To Mandela)" on the album Female Trouble by Nona Hendryx
1988 "My Secret Place", a single from the album Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm by Joni Mitchell
1989 "Shakin' the Tree" by Youssou N'Dour on the album The Lion (a different version, with Peter Gabriel's lead vocals, appears on Gabriel's 1990 compilation Shaking the Tree)
1990 "Soul Searcher" <keyboards> by L. Shankar
1990 "Drone" on the album One World One Voice
1990 "Land of Anaka" <background vocals> by Geoffrey Oryema on the album Exile
1991 "Fisherman's Song", "Lullaby", "Octopuse's Song", "Song of the Seashell" and "Witch's Song" on the album Die Nixe - The Mermaid
1991 "Silence" and "Warm Doorway" <background vocals> on the album It's About Time by Manu Katché
1993 "Be Still" with Sinéad O'Connor and Feargal Sharkey on the album Peace Together
1994 "I Met a Man" on the album The Woman's Boat by Toni Childs
1994 "Quelquer Coisa A Haver Com O Paraíso on the album Angelus by Milton Nascimento
1994 "Biko" <background vocals> on the album Wakafrika by Manu Dibango
1996 "I'm Still Looking for a Home" on the album Tender City by Joy Askew
1996 "Hush, Hush, Hush" on the album This Fire by Paula Cole
1996 "Mercedes" <background vocals> by Joseph Arthur
1998 storyteller on the album Snowflake by Paul Gallico
1998 "Blind" on the album Soularium by Sister Soleil
1998 "In Your Eyes" was featured in "Felicity" Season 1 episode 1
1998 "Here Comes The Flood" was featured in "Felicity" Season 1 episode 3
1999 "Kufilaw" with Maryam Mursal on the album 11 out of 10
1999 "Carpet Crawlers '99" by Genesis
2000 "This Dream" <background vocals> by Youssou N'Dour on the album "Joko from Village to Town" and/or "Joko: The Link"
2001 "When You're Falling" (Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 3: Further in Time)
2001 "Games Without Frontiers [Massive/DM Mix]" (Pure Moods, Vol. 3)
2004 "Washing of the Water" with Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra on the album "Friends 3"
2006 "Here Comes The Flood" (quiet version) and "Preface" on the album Exposure by Robert Fripp – reissue with extra tracks
2006 "I Grieve" was featured in the Smallville Season 5 episode "Reckoning"
2006 "Salala" on the album Djin Djin by Angelique Kidjo
2009 "Book of Love" was featured in the Season 8 finale of Scrubs, "My Finale"
2011 "My Body is a Cage" as an opening theme in the "John Carter" trailer.
