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Mercy Street

from So by Peter Gabriel

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  • Originally released on 22 October 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of Peter’s classic album So, this Box Set allows fans to delve deeper into the world of Peter Gabriel and one of the defining albums of the era.

    The Box Set comprises:
    – The re-mastered So album.

    – 2CD Live in Athens 1987 concert recording.

    – So DNA CD – which gives a unique insight into the writing and recording of So, experienced via a track by track evolutionary process leading you from the early moments when rhythms, melodies and lyrical ideas were discovered through the various stages of song development and recording.

    – Two DVD’s: Live in Athens 1987, Directed by Michael Chapman, Executive Producer Martin Scorsese. This was the first filmed Peter Gabriel concert, now fully restored and pieced together from over 150 reels of original 35mm negatives and remixed in 5.1, this concert is made available for the first time on DVD.

    – So: Classic Album documentary. From the acclaimed & award winning Classic Album series, this film tells the story behind the making of Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album So and features contributions from many of those involved in the album and videos, with interviews with Peter, co-producer Daniel Lanois and many more.

    – An 180grm So LP – mastered at half speed to maximize the audio quality & the track listing, unlike the original, is that favoured by the artist.

    – Double A side 12” vinyl collectible containing two previously unreleased tracks Courage and Sagrada plus Don’t Give Up (alternative version piano and bvox mix)

    – A 60 page case bound book including an introduction and So DNA summary by Peter Gabriel, new liner notes and an extensive collection of rare and never before seen photographs.     ... more
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about

The first of Peter’s studio albums to have a proper title So was a watershed release in his career. Its marriage of the artistic and the commercial made for an indisputable success, with the album quickly sitting atop the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Aside from some intriguing collaborations – with Laurie Anderson on This Is The Picture, Kate Bush on Don’t Give Up and Youssou N’Dour on In Your Eyes – it was the unity of singer, band and producer that made So such a crucial record in the Gabriel canon. Originally released 19 May 1986.

lyrics

Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams all made real
All of the buildings, all of those cars
Were once just a dream
In somebody's head
She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
She pictures a soul
With no leak at the seam
Lets take the boat out
Wait until darkness
Let's take the boat out
Wait until darkness comes
Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs
In the cold light of day
There in the midst of it so alive and alone
Words support like bone
Dreaming of mercy st.
Wear your inside out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy('s arms again
Dreaming of mercy st.
'Swear they moved that sign
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms
Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word
Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest-he's the doctor
He can handle the shocks
Dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
Of kissing Mary's lips
Dreaming of mercy st.
Wear your insides out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms again
Dreaming of mercy st.
'Swear they moved that sign
Looking for mercy
In your daddy's arms
Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
Anne, with her father is out in the boat
Riding the water
Riding the waves on the sea

credits

from So, released May 19, 1986
Written by Peter Gabriel
Published by Real World Music Ltd / Sony ATV
Produced by Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel.
Engineered by Kevin Killen and Daniel Lanois.

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Peter Gabriel is best known as a musician. He started his solo work in 1975 after leaving his old school group: Genesis. He has released eleven solo albums and written soundtracks for three films.
Peter is now writing and recording, and working on a plan to create a streaming service for digital medicine and an Interspecies Internet. ... more

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