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A judiciously-selected two-CD compendium of Peter Gabriel's finest moments, Hit offers a far more generous windfall than can be found on the only previous Peter Gabriel best-of selection, the 1990 Shaking the Tree. The devil, after all, is in the detail, particularly on the second disc (self-deprecatingly entitled Miss), which really traverses the whole gamut of Peter Gabriel's globally-visioned artistry. It includes recent soundtrack work (the haunting "Cloudless" from Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence), material from 2002's sterling Up ("Signal To Noise", featuring a compelling vocal from the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and some ominous string arrangements, really does sound like a thinking man's Massive Attack) and goes right back to that fourth album when marrying the reticence of cold, synthesised new wave with insistent African percussion seemed like a good idea (it was). The first disc--including the MTV smash "Sledgehammer", anti-apartheid war cry "Biko", "Big Time" (interesting how the styles of Gabriel and his former group Genesis seem to converge at this time) and "Games Without Frontiers"--really speaks for itself, although with hindsight it seems the single-buying public-at-large had a particular taste for a certain kind of Peter Gabriel record. Universally excellent throughout, the collection is rendered even more desirable by the inclusion of three previously unreleased tracks: a live rendition of "Downside Up", a shorter version of "Blood of Eden" and "Burn You Up, Burn You Down", latterly included on a video game and initially earmarked for the Up album but jettisoned at the last minute. --Kevin Maidment

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Solsbury Hill

2. Shock The Monkey

3. Sledgehammer

4. Don't Give Up

5. Games Without Frontiers

6. Big Time

7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down

8. Growing Up

9. Digging In The Dirt

10. Blood Of Eden

11. More Than This

12. Biko

13. Steam

14. Red Rain

15. Here Comes The Flood

Disc: 2

1. San Jacinto

2. I Don't Remember

3. The Rhythm Of The Heat

4. Love To Be Loved

5. I Grieve

6. Family Snapshot

7. In Your Eyes

8. The Drop

9. The Tower That Ate People

10. Lovetown

11. Father, Son

12. Signal To Noise

13. Downside Up (Live)

14. Cloudless

Product Details

Audio CD (November 4, 2003)
Original Release Date: 2000
Number of Discs: 2
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Geffen Records
ASIN: B0000DZ3EA
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (126 customer reviews)
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Great Gabriel Set, But Not Definitive

ByAlan Caylowon January 2, 2004

Format: Audio CD

Peter Gabriel's new 2-CD retrospective, "Hit," is certainly a great collection, spanning Gabriel's solo career from 1977 to the present. Many classic Gabriel cuts are here: "Solsbury Hill," "Games Without Frontiers," "Shock The Monkey," "Sledgehammer," "Digging In The Dirt," "Growing Up," and many others. There's also one previously unreleased song, the great rocker "Burn You Up Burn You Down" (a leftover track from the "Up" sessions), the awesome "Lovetown" (from the "Philadelphia" movie soundtrack), and three songs from Gabriel's import-only release, "OVO"---"The Tower That Ate People," "Father, Son," and a live rendition of "Downside Up" (featuring Gabriel in a duet with his daughter, Melanie). There's even the lovely track, "Cloudless," from Gabriel's "Rabbit-Proof Fence" movie soundtrack. A very good, more-than-satisfying Gabriel retrospective, to be sure. But NO songs at all from Gabriel's 2nd album (which just so happens to be my favorite Gabriel disc)? This is now the second time that Gabriel has snubbed his second album, as nothing from it was included on his earlier greatest hits CD, "Shaking The Tree." I tell you, folks, if I knew how to contact Peter Gabriel directly, I'd get him on the horn right now and say to him, "Look, Peter, you really need to stop ignoring your second album. It's a wonderful album, man, so be proud of it!" Also, nothing from Gabriel's soundtracks to the films "Birdy" or "The Last Temptation Of Christ" is represented, either, which is another unfortunate oversight.Nevertheless, "Hit" is stuffed full of magnificent Peter Gabriel music, clocking in at about 2 1/2 hours total, which is nothing to sneeze at. Whether you're a casual Gabriel fan or a diehard, this set is definitely worth purchasing. But what we Gabriel fans could *really* use right about now is a BOX SET, and one that features songs from ALL of Peter's albums, including the sorely overlooked second album. Peter certainly deserves a box set, and think of all those B-sides and rarities that would be on it, too...(*sigh*)...Well, until then, "Hit" will do for now.

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The songs are good, but what happened to the first two LPs?

ByMichael Topperon November 7, 2003

Format: Audio CD

As a compilation, "Hit" is certainly *not* definitive, as some reviewers here have attested, but my complaint stems from the consistent historical revisionism (also present on "Shaking The Tree")in which Gabriel acts like his first two albums don't exist outside of "Solsbury Hill" (and, perhaps, "Here Comes The Flood", although the 1990 version is included here). There were some great tracks scattered on those efforts, including "Humdrum", "On The Air" and "Mother Of Violence", and no compilation (outside of "Revisited", which focused specifically on those first two albums) has addressed them.
If the first two albums are ignored, his last two--"Ovo" and "Up"--are over-emphasized, with three tracks taken from the little known, Euro-only "Ovo" and a whopping five from the just-released "Up". Although both were good albums, and it's nice to see fine overlooked compositions like "Father, Son", "Downside Up" and "The Drop" given their due, it still seems like PG just wants to forget his illustrious past and concentrate on the present. Nowhere is this more evident than in the relative dearth of tracks from the essential PGIV ("Security"); where's the minor hit "I Have The Touch", or the crowd-pleaser "Lay Your Hands On Me", for example? As for his popular 1992 album "Us", I would've thought "Come Talk To Me" (which was even used in that phone commercial) would have been preferred over the repetitive "Love To Be Loved".
The quality of Gabriel's work (and I am a fan of that work from his earliest days in Genesis right through "Up") has been so high that even if "Hit/Miss" is not definitive, it is still filled with mostly classic cuts. The new track, "Burn You Up Burn You Down", is nice, although it seems a bit presumptuous to include it in the "Hit" CD. So, although it is recommended, I would strongly suggest checking out the first two albums and "Security" in their entirety as well, for these are severely underrepresented in favor of more recent material.