So [Super Audio CD - DSD]

Peter Gabriel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 2003)
• Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Super Audio CD - DSD
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B000092Q8K
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, and by the way....., February 17, 2006

By 

E. R. Wilson "E.R. Wilson" (Novato, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So (Audio CD)

Hey, Bill Bennett, if you have a crappy sound system all you are going to hear is just that, no matter what music you are playing. My system is based around the $6000 Denon AVR-5805 with Polk speakers at $2000 each, believe me when I say, you are blowing smoke out your butt. This disc sounds incredible.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who's getting ripped off?!?! Buy this disc if you have an SACD player, November 1, 2005

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Stephen "Podhi" Burke (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So (Audio CD)

Do not listen to Bill Bennett's reviews of Peter Gabriel's re-released SACD albums. The SACD releases are head and shoulders better than the CD releases.

Despite the rather odd change in the running order I am continually impressed by this disc which has been in my collection for some time now.

I remember looking forward to hearing Mercy Street in SACD and it did not disappoint. The quality of this recording is excellent from start to finish. The bass lines in Sledgehammer, That Voice Again and In Your Eyes feel like Tony Levin is right there in your living room.

Cymbals and high end are crisp and have great resolve. There are no issues with cranking this recording, it is clean and clear, an excellent example of stereo SACD.

My only fault with this recording is that they did not make a multi-channel mix of it. The SACD multi-channel mix on "Up" is brilliant. On "Play The Videos" Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel did some excellent 5.1 mixes and every video is presented in DTS 96/24, but to put it in persepctive if I'm going to listen to In Your Eyes I'll take the 2 channel stereo version over the DTS 96/24 version because the fidelity is noticeably better.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So, brought to life, April 24, 2004

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James E. Hartman (Pflugerville, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So (Audio CD)

While this is not Peter Gabriel's finest album, it is certainly his most accessible, with hits "Sledgehammer," "Big Time," "In Your Eyes," and "Red Rain." Also features a re-do of Laurie Anderson's "Excellent Birds," retitled "This is the Picture." In keeping with the remastered CD collection, lyrics and photographs are included in a very nice booklet. Also in keeping with the CD reissue, "In Your Eyes" closes out the album, which is Gabriel's preferred order.

The difference in audio quality to the standard CD release is not as striking as some SACDs I've heard, but there is still enough difference to make the purchase worthwhile, especially if you haven't purchased the remastered CD version.

Please note that this is a stereo-only SACD, and requires a SACD-capable player.