So (studio album) by Peter Gabriel

So by Peter Gabriel
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 229th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 899 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1986 (4th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1980s (28th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (229th)

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So is ranked as the best album by Peter Gabriel.

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 899 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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85/100
From 01/16/2023 21:35
Quite good art-pop album with obvious highlights - powerful Red Rain, one of the best 80s hits Sledgehammer, magnificent In Your Eyes.
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75/100
From 06/06/2022 17:28
It’s impossible to criticize Gabriel’s voice, which is impeccable. In Your Eyes is a legitimately great track. The rest of the songs fall into two categories: one, the radio-friendly pop song that stretches way longer than a pop song should; and two, the gratuitously weird song that sounds experimental for the sake of maintaining the weird British progressive bona fides.
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90/100
From 02/10/2022 14:57
A BIG album with full of bangers, say no more.
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From 01/01/2022 11:44
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From 09/26/2021 10:40
Listening to this album again after some time and looking at some of the reviews on this site and others I have the following comments. Firstly do not judge this album by the the 'commercial hits', 'Sledgehammer' and 'Big Time', these are not the best tracks on the album. Several listens are required to appreciate the other tracks, particularly 'In Your Eyes' which is an immaculately crafted piece of music, Gabriel's voice is perfection. 'Don't Give Up' is worth the price of the album on it's own, 'Red Rain' an outstanding opening track. Don't give up on this album, it's one of the best.
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85/100
From 07/06/2021 20:44
Great album by Peter Gabriel. It is impressive to see the range of this artist with how he was able to have incredibly catchy despite his prog rock starts. Loved the collab with Kate Bush.
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From 03/21/2021 14:48
A carreira solo do Peter Gabriel é forte como sua estada no Genesis! Gigante!
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55/100
From 01/07/2021 23:37
This is a perfect example for the sellout of an serious artist and the power of a mainstream hit. To be honest... this album includes a poor disco hit single... (Sledgehammer), an average ballald (Red Rain) saved by Kate Bush, one - only one - mentionable song (Red Rain).... and the rest is... boaring.
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From 03/22/2020 13:15
His Best Album
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From 03/21/2020 22:40
83/100

Un exuberante despliegue de conglomerados rítmicos muy propios de los músicos populares, con tintes experimentales bien equilibrados.
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Best Albums of 1986
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2. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
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