Comments on: Popdose Flashback: Peter Gabriel, “Passion”

By: Old_Davy

Old_Davy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:33:13 +0000

Passion is my favorite soundtrack album of all time, hands down.

By: Old_Davy

Old_Davy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:33:13 +0000

Passion is my favorite soundtrack album of all time, hands down.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:21:17 +0000

I think a hybrid remix of “Sky Blue” and the version from the Long Walk Home soundtrack, featuring the Blind Boys of Alabama more prominently, could have been a much better single. The only problem is that it is a ballad of sorts and record companies hate to break an album on mid-tempo songs.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:09:58 +0000

“Barry” is an entirely unnecessary song. Delete it from the album and let Up be the incredible piece of work it is. Gabriel's best? Taken on the whole, I think, despite a few self-derivative moments, it's up there. The beauty of “I Grieve” and “Signal to Noise” alone….

By: Jack Feerick

Jack Feerick — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:44:56 +0000

Up wasn't a terrible record by any stretch (neither was Us, for that matter), but Jesus Christ was "The Barry Williams Show" a terrible choice for a single. In addition to just being appallingly facile, it's completely unrepresentative of the album, which is pretty quiet and sombre overall. It's a blatant, calculated stab at a pop hit - or rather, miscalculated stab - integrity be damned. Left a bad taste in my mouth, and caused me (like you) to avoid the album for years; I didn't listen to it in its entirety until last Summer, actually.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:44:54 +0000

When it comes to soundtrack music, this is the kind of music I love – and Passion was definitely a favorite of mine in 1989. Passion was in high rotation on my home CD player and, for some reason, a few cuts made it to some mix tapes of that era.

I also loved the atmospheric sounds culled from his older recordings on the Birdy soundtrack, but, like most, was very disappointed in Us and pretty much avoided Up after hearing “The Barry Williams Show” on the radio.

By: longpauses

longpauses — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:14:17 +0000

I'm 37 years old and have been buying records since I was 5, and this is almost definitely the one I've listened to the most.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:04:18 +0000

I remember buying this soundtrack when it first came out, but at the time I didn't "get" it. It has since earned a place as one of my favorite albums of all time, although I hardly listen to it anymore - I think that it takes too much out of me.

I saw Aerosmith play in support of their Nine Lives album, and they used this album as filler music before they came onstage and launched into "Sweet Taste of India".

I also read somewhere that this is the best album to listen to while, *ahem*, with the ladies, if you know what I mean.

Having had too much wine last night, this music is exactly what I need this morning. Thanks.