Peter Gabriel 3: Melt

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  Favorite Albums of All Time

  Stu

  (1980)

  “You can blow out a candle

  But you can't blow out a fire…”

  After leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel showed that Progressive Rock could truly progress beyond the stale genre it had become by the late 70s. Always a trend setter vs. a follower, the sounds and effects on this album still sound cutting-edge to this day. This was the album to first use the booming “gated reverb” drum effect which would become the defining sound of the 80s, for better or worse (mostly worse!) But Gabriel’s innovation with technology and effects was always used as an enhancement, not as a crutch.