Slowburn (track)
by Peter Gabriel
Year: 1977
From the album Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #6)
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Slowburn appears on the following album(s) by Peter Gabriel:
- Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #6) (this album) (1977)
- Revisited (track #11) (compilation) (1992)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/05/2026 23:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,738 | 70/100 | |
| 09/05/2025 03:40 | BurndenAce | 5,087 | 78/100 | |
| 05/01/2025 16:10 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,003 | 69/100 | |
| 04/06/2025 15:31 | Siromynian | 16,143 | 70/100 | |
| 11/21/2024 14:43 |  slatsheit | 2,142 | 88/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 17% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.9.
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Squonk007 03/29/2024 22:58 | #302750
Not my favourite on the album but it's still a strong song.
Jboy56 12/25/2021 11:53 | #277960
Very Genesis..
neilgee 08/31/2015 16:40 | #148945
We're character actors from the Tower of Babel
Bewildered, burned out, hardly able
To sit astride the high wire cable
It's hard to balance, a little unstable.
sings PG in this beguiling start to the second side of the album, this song changes pace 3 times in the first 3 verses and held me mesmerised when I first turned my vinyl copy of this over in 1977.
Dont get me wrong, I'll be strong
When the slow burn sunset come along
goes the powerful chorus, one that I'm sure many teenagers identified with at the time and since as PG creates an atmosphere of pure pathos. God, I love this stuff!
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