Peter Gabriel (1980)
by Peter Gabriel
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Peter Gabriel bestography
Peter Gabriel (1980) is ranked 2nd best out of 30 albums by Peter Gabriel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Gabriel is So which is ranked number 212 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,176.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Peter Gabriel (1980) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Peter Gabriel (1980) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 74/76 | 0 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 42 Music Albums of 1980 | 12/42 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | zsolti | Top 49 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/49 | 7 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 30/76 | 3 |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 70/100 | 31 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 12/100 | 86 |
| 2026 | emptysquares | Gabriel Albums Ranked | 1/15 | - |
| 2026 | skrapoel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 2/100 | 92 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 545 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,958 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 39 hours ago | Siromynian | 1,708 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2026 05:29 |  nextorgd | 1,229 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:24 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
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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 81.1/100, a mean average of 80.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept BestEverAlbums 09/03/2026 20:00 in Album of the day (#7421): Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By DeckillerPeter Gabriel (1980) comments
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Caesar01 05/08/2019 06:24 | #235980 | TOP COMMENT
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My favorite PG album without doubt. Fair enough to those who prefer So but PGIII is much more my style, reminiscent of contemporaries like Talking Heads but you're never going to mistake Peter Gabriel for anyone else, and this album has his mark all over it.
Intruder opens things in what can only be called a rather creepy fashion, but that is a testament to the fact it works. High marks to the great Robert Fripp lending his great style to a few songs here, especially I Don't Remember. Everyone knows Games Without Frontiers which is of course great, and Biko ends things in the most PG way possible.
Agree with a previous commenter who said this album is why Gabriel left Genesis. While I'd be lying if I said think either party improved after that split, this is a consistently high quality effort that is unmistakably the result of years of growth on Gabriel's part, and I recommend it for anyone who is even slightly inclined to call themselves a fan. (Edited)
Peter Gabriel's first masterpiece. He's finally found his solo voice after two slightly ambitious and uncertain albums. Here though, is the start of the Peter Gabriel sound, these are the kind of songs you associate with him. Great songs here, games without frontiers, family snapshot, and, I don't remember, are all excellent. Closing with the superb, Biko, this is the true start of Gabriel's solo career.
Mdemauri 02/17/2014 22:11 | #103441 | TOP COMMENT
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This is Gabriel's masterpiece, not sure why it's not ranked higher. Not a bad song on this album.
Absolutely brilliant... this is the reason PG left Genesis.. this is the album he intuitively knew he had in him and would not be able to birth while still with Genesis.
timtooky 03/09/2014 20:46 | #105828 | TOP COMMENT
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it's still a question to me, how genesis could continue after this alien-genius-musician has left the band.
this album has all a masterpiece needs. it's fantastic-strange with nearly no moments of exhaustion. to the contrary: it's abnormal - but one like listen to it.
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