Peter Gabriel Archive

Discography

Eight albums. Almost five decades of reinvention.

Explore Peter Gabriel’s studio catalogue — from his first steps beyond Genesis and the experimental self-titled albums to So, Us, Up and the long-awaited arrival of i/o.

The Studio Albums

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A chronological journey through eight studio albums and almost five decades of experimentation, technological curiosity, rhythmic exploration and continual musical reinvention.

25 FEB 1977
01

Peter Gabriel

Car

Peter Gabriel’s first solo album finds him stepping beyond Genesis into an eclectic new world of art rock, orchestration, experimentation and the dramatic breakthrough of Solsbury Hill.

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02 JUN 1978
02

Peter Gabriel

Scratch

A darker and more angular second album, produced by Robert Fripp and filled with restless arrangements, unusual textures and Gabriel’s increasingly distinctive approach to solo songwriting.

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30 MAY 1980
03

Peter Gabriel

Melt

A landmark reinvention built around gated drums, stark production and powerful songwriting, bringing together Games Without Frontiers, Biko and some of Gabriel’s most adventurous music.

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10 SEP 1982
04

Peter Gabriel

Security

Rhythm, technology and global musical influences move to the foreground on an atmospheric fourth album containing The Rhythm of the Heat, San Jacinto and Shock the Monkey.

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19 MAY 1986
05

So

Gabriel’s commercial breakthrough balances sophisticated art-pop with emotional intimacy, producing Sledgehammer, Don’t Give Up, In Your Eyes and one of the defining albums of the 1980s.

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28 SEP 1992
06

Us

An intensely personal exploration of relationships, identity and emotional conflict, wrapped in richly layered production and some of Gabriel’s most ambitious visual and musical ideas.

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23 SEP 2002
07

Up

Ten years after Us, Gabriel returned with a dense, dark and meticulously constructed record exploring birth, death, fear, transformation and the passage of time.

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01 DEC 2023
08

i/o

Gabriel’s first album of new material in more than two decades is an expansive meditation on connection, mortality and the natural world, presented through multiple distinct mixes.

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