PETER GABRIEL
Up
Geffen
· Worldbeat pioneer's latest effort not up to scratch.
I have the greatest respect for Gabriel both as a musician and as a cultural activist, but Up is nothing close to the album it should have been. Though he has obviously been
listening to the right new music these past ten years, he just doesn't know how to make it part of his own. Perhaps if he pays close attention to what Bowie or the Thievery Corporation have done in the same time, his next effort will sound less forced.
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