Been Undone (Dark-Side Mix)

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  Seven Songs for the Week #144 - 7th Jan 26

  Jason Carty

  It was known that Peter Gabriel was working on a follow up to 2023's i/o and that it was not going to take 20 years to deliver like i/o did (because that would mean he would be in his 90s when it came out). However it was a surprise on Jan 2nd when it was announced that a new single would come out the next day and, mirroring the strategy from 2023, a new single would appear on each full moon ahead of the o\i album later in the year. Three years between Peter Gabriel albums? It's a miracle.

  It's also a very good song that repays repeated listens, and feels more simple and live than some of his studio tracks. In a supporting YouTube video PG says it was mostly recorded in October (with elements going back to the 1990s). That's a really fast turnaround, and no bad thing. He also intimated in the video that he had thought of putting o\i off for another year, but instead is getting on with it.

  When I started these lists nearly three years ago, the first track was I/O, then a new PG track. It seems appropriate to start 2026's lists with PG again, and in the cumulative playlist covering all 144 lists, this is the 1,000th track. Yes, I know the maths seems a bit off on that (143*7=1,001), but something must've fallen off Apple Music in the interim.