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Peter Gabriel

Mercy Street

Rock
  • Rock
  • Space
  • Acapella
  • Pop
  • Soundtrack
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1986
  • 1986
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2003
  • 1969

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So is the fifth studio album (and seventh album overall) by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1986. Many of its songs reflect a more conventional pop-writing style and became radio hits, others still retain Gabriel’s dark, brooding sense of experimentalism. It is Peter Gabriel’s second album produced by Canadian artist Daniel Lanois. The previous year, the two of them had worked together on Birdy. Lanois had been previously known for his ambient collaborations with Brian Eno as well as producing U2 since 1984. As he had with the soundtrack to the film Birdy, Lanois brought many of his own ambient sensibilities to this recording. Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Dreaming of mercy st ... Dreaming of mercy ... In your daddy's arms

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