Rated PG (album) explained

Rated PG
Type:compilation
Artist:Peter Gabriel
Cover:Rated PG (Peter Gabriel).png
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Rated PG is a compilation album of songs for film soundtracks by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. The track selection spans over 30 years of music created for the individual films, with "Walk Through the Fire" from 1984 being the earliest and "Everybird" from 2017 being the most recent.

Content

The album includes many unreleased tracks, some of which are alternate versions of previously released songs. The previously unreleased songs in any form outside of their respective films are "Everybird", "Speak (Bol)", and "Nocturnal".[2]

Release

Originally only released on limited-edition vinyl on Record Store Day (13 April 2019) through Real World, it eventually became available on digital streaming services later that month to accommodate demand.[1] [3] A digital single, "This is Party Man", was released before the album. It is a new version of the song and features new lyrics from Peter Gabriel.[4] A video for "Everybird" was released on 12 July 2019 featuring footage from the animated film for which it was originally created.[5] In May 2020 it was announced that the album would be made available for general release on vinyl and CD on 12 June 2020.[6]

Critical reception

Cyrille Delanlssays of Amarok Magazine wrote, "without being essential, Rated PG is an uneven but exciting album in the journey it offers."

Omissions

Peter Gabriel songs from film soundtracks that are not included on this compilation, Hit or Flotsam and Jetsam:

It furthermore does not include any material from Gabriel's scores for Birdy, The Last Temptation of Christ, and Rabbit-Proof Fence, each of which had previously been released as albums. See Peter Gabriel discography for full list of songs from film soundtracks.

Personnel

Technical personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rated PG: A collection of Peter Gabriel songs from the movies released on Record Store Day . . 3 March 2019 . Music-News.com . 14 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Rated PG: A collection of Peter Gabriel songs from the movies released on Record Store Day . 2022-03-12 . Music-News.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: Rated PG getting digital release . Peter Gabriel . 14 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Peter Gabriel is Back with New Single From Forthcoming Compilation . Stokes . Paul . 16 April 2019 . Hotpress.com . . Dublin . 0332-0847 . 863266467 . 26 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Everybird video premiere . 12 July 2019 . Peter Gabriel . 15 September 2019.
  6. News: Munro . Scott . 6 May 2020 . Peter Gabriel’s Rated PG album set for general release . live . . United Kingdom . . 2050-2745 . 794135746 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200510024604/https://www.loudersound.com/news/peter-gabriels-rated-pg-album-set-for-general-release . 10 May 2020 . 26 May 2020.