Peter Gabriel - Security

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Free Music Review: Beautiful darkness
Hit: 5 Stars

As first, I have to admit it was very surprising to me that this album is called "Security". It was released in 1987 under the title "The fourth album" or simply called "PG 4", even when I first bought it on a long-play, there wasn't a trace of name "Security" there. But, the names says it all, I guess... I first came across this album when listening to Peter Gabriel's "Shaking the Tree/16 golden greats" album which features almost half of this CD. Having troubles to find this record, it took me almost two years to get a vinyl copy in a very bad condition (also, the quality of CD I have is rather weak!). I had a strange feeling of fear when putting this album on the record-player that the music will be just as frightening as the picture on a front page. Even today, I can't tell for sure what is this strange mummy representing, or maybe it is the man who suffered a terrible traffic accident, lying on the bed, wraped up in bands like some kind of sculpture? Any idea? Well, the music on this album is also dark and melancholic, the lyrics rich, sometimes almost hard, I had to deal with for some three years to understand them. Just for the taste: "Memories crash on tireless waves..." from the fourth track. The songs are combined together with hard African drums rhythm, there is a lot of strange percussion sounds and influences from other cultures... in a way, this album reminds me a lot on Kate Bush "Dreaming" (she said once that this album was her answer on PG's "Security"). Here, Peter Gabriel speaks about addiction ("I have a touch"), life of Indians ("San Jacinto"), the long and narrative "Family and a fishing net" covers up a problem of sexual discrimination, famine and existencialism. "Shock the monkey", here the original extended version, sometimes just doesn't fit in this album. For me, it is "Wallflower" which is the best song on this album, maybe because of the simple fact it was not played on PG's concerts like the rest of them were. I remember his concerts from this tour, when PG used to threw himself into the audience during the last chorus in "Lay your hands on me", wearing a strange, violet and blue make-up. "Security" is a difficult album I would certainly not suggest to someone who is not familiar with PG's music, but if you have a chance to come across it: don't judge it immediately, take your time and try to UNDERSTAND it, let each song to tell you a story. And you'll find it has given you an experience about life.

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