Peter Gabriel (1982)
by Peter Gabriel
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Peter Gabriel (1982) is ranked 3rd best out of 30 albums by Peter Gabriel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Gabriel is So which is ranked number 218 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,209.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/18/2026 18:15 |  Leonard | 6,503 | 70/100 | |
| 02/12/2026 16:30 | philschmil | 40 | 93/100 | |
| 01/25/2026 13:35 | Untitled | 1,670 | 77/100 | |
| 11/12/2025 23:12 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 | |
| 11/11/2025 15:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,708 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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Not a bad album, but pales in comparison to predecessor, it takes some risks as the previous one did, but they are not so effective.
llibnanoon 06/09/2020 18:26 | #253212
Not bad!
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Otherwise known as, security, Peter Gabriel's fourth album sees him expanding his sound and embracing more world music textures. Some excellent tracks in, San Jacinto, shock the monkey, and, wallflower, which is probably my favourite song on the LP. Some beautiful moments here. Another superb Peter Gabriel album.
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An album that works in its entirety not just reliant on a few great songs. Gabriel broke new ground in the 80s with the integration of African musical influences with mainstream western rock & pop and this album is where he did it best. Special mentions to Rhythm of the heat and Wallfower, but it is the sublime San Jacinto that is the stand out song. Beautiful.
paladisiac 01/16/2012 19:54 | #35340
A lot of what you'll find on "So" you'll find on this album. It expresses gabriel's viewpoint on african and native american themes.
ffudnebbuh 03/23/2010 20:24 | #9997
This is my favorite Peter Gabriel album..amazing, really like "Rhythm of the Heat" and "I have the touch". Thought that it was called "Security" (Geffen 2011). IMO, an overlooked album.
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