Waiting For The Big One (track) by Peter Gabriel
Year: 1977
From the album Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #7)
Waiting For The Big One appears on the following album(s) by Peter Gabriel:
- Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #7) (this album) (1977)
- Revisited (track #6) (compilation) (1992)
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75/100  | 09/05/2025 03:40 | BurndenAce | | 79/100 |
65/100 | 05/01/2025 16:10 | Imaybeparanoid | | 69/100 |
60/100 | 04/06/2025 15:31 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
80/100 | 11/21/2024 14:43 |  slatsheit | | 88/100 |
75/100 | 05/19/2024 11:12 |  doombringer | | 75/100 |
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Squonk007 03/29/2024 23:00
Different and quite bluesy.
Jboy56 12/25/2021 12:38
Your Bluesy PG, a quite an interesting piece.
neilgee 08/31/2015 16:51
The wine's all drunk and so am I
slurs PG against a background of a tinkling bar-room piano in another perfect example of atmosphere in song. Waiting for the Big One is supremely crafted piece of easy to listen to melody and stop/start tension. If the album was going to have a weak link it may be this one but it isn't because this song is superb and just adds to the spellbinding nature of this album. Phenomenal stuff!
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