Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats explained

Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
Type:greatest
Artist:Peter Gabriel
Cover:Shaking the Tree - Peter Gabriel.jpg
Border:yes
Released:19 November 1990[1]
Recorded:1976–1990
Genre:Art rock
Length:77:05
Label:Geffen/Virgin
Producer:
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Us
Next Year:1992

Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats is a compilation album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released in 1990 as Gabriel's first career retrospective, including songs from his first solo album Peter Gabriel (I or Car) (1977), through (1989). It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002. The vinyl version of the album is called Shaking the Tree: Twelve Golden Greats.

Track selection

The tracks are creatively re-ordered, ignoring chronology. Some of the tracks were different from the album versions. New parts were recorded for several tracks in Gabriel's Real World Studios. Most songs are edited for time, either as radio, single, or video edit versions. "Shakin' the Tree"—a track from Youssou N'Dour's 1989 album The Lion—is a 1990 version featuring new vocals from Gabriel (and slightly revised title). "I Have the Touch" is listed as a 1983 remix, although it is actually the 1985 remix which appeared on the "Sledgehammer" single. (The 1985 remix is similar to the 1983 remix, which appeared as the B-side of the "Walk Through the Fire" single, but is edited down to 3m 45s long, as here.)

"Here Comes the Flood" is a new recording from 1990. This version is a piano and voice arrangement, that is far simpler than the highly produced version on Peter Gabriel (1977). Its sparseness is closer to the version Gabriel recorded with Robert Fripp on Fripp's Exposure (1979). In interviews, Gabriel has said that he preferred the 1979 version, and it was that version with Fripp that he chose to overdub in German as the flipside of the single "Biko" released before Ein deutsches Album (1980).

Although this album highlights songs from Peter Gabriel's earlier albums, tracks from Peter Gabriel (II, or Scratch) and the soundtrack to the film Birdy are not included. "In Your Eyes" is notably missing from the compilation. Say Anything..., in which it was played in a prominent scene, had been released the year before. Although this made "In Your Eyes" perhaps the most well known Peter Gabriel song aside from "Sledgehammer" in the U.S., it was not released as a single in Peter Gabriel's UK homeland, so did not chart there. It was therefore omitted from the album in favour of five of the other eight tracks from So — four other hits and the album track "Mercy Street".

Track listing

Tracks marked with (*) do not appear on the vinyl release of the album.

Personnel

"Solsbury Hill"
"I Don't Remember" (Edited version)
"Sledgehammer" (Single edit)
"Family Snapshot"
"Mercy Street" (Edited version)
"Shaking the Tree" (1990 remix)
"Don't Give Up" (Edited version)
"San Jacinto"
"Here Comes the Flood" (1990 re-recording)
"Red Rain"
"Games Without Frontiers" (Single edit)
"Shock the Monkey" (Radio edit)
"I Have the Touch" (1983 remix)
"Big Time"
"Zaar" (Edited version)
"Biko" (Edited version)
Additional

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
Chart (1990–2005)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Midprice Top 50)[2] 50
European Albums (IFPI)[3] 8
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 13
French Albums (IFOP)[5] 12
Greek Albums (IFPI)[6] 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 10
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[8] 11
UK Physical Albums (OCC)[9] 61
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[10] 48

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)!scope="col"
Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)75
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)87
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 174
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 121
Chart (1991)Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 167
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 131
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 134

Notes and References

  1. Smith . Robin . 17 November 1990 . This Week - The Next Seven Days in View: Releases . . 32 . 0144-5804.
  2. Web site: Dutchcharts.nl – Dutch Midprice Top 50. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527074750/https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=ab&year=2005&date=20050514. 27 May 2021. dead. Steffen Hung Medien. nl. 27 May 2021.
  3. Web site: European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. worldradiohistory.com. 53. 22 December 1990. 27 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Timo. Pennanen. Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: G - Gin > Peter Gabriel. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527075856/http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/g-gin.html. 27 May 2021. dead. Sisältää hitin. fi. 27 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – G. Institut français d'opinion publique. infodisc.fr. fr. 27 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Top 10 Sales in Europe – Greece. Music & Media. worldradiohistory.com. 52. 22 December 1990. 27 May 2021.
  7. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
  8. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  9. Web site: Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company. 27 May 2021.
  10. Peter Gabriel Chart History (Top Current Album Sales). Billboard. 27 May 2021.
  11. Web site: Alben 1990 Schweiz – Album-Charts – Top 100 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527083730/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-schweiz/jahrescharts/alben-1990/top-100/4. 27 May 2021. dead. chartsurfer.de. de. 27 May 2021.
  12. Web site: Alben 1990 UK – Album-Charts – Top 75 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527084413/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-uk/jahrescharts/alben-1990/top-75/3. 27 May 2021. dead. chartsurfer.de. de. 27 May 2021.
  13. Web site: Alben 1991 Österreich – Album-Charts – Top 75 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527083346/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-oesterreich/jahrescharts/alben-1991/top-75/4. 27 May 2021. dead. chartsurfer.de. de. 27 May 2021.
  14. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1991. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006173949/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1991. 6 October 2015. dead. offiziellecharts.de. de. 27 May 2021.
  15. Web site: Alben 1991 Schweiz – Album-Charts – Top 100 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527083905/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-schweiz/jahrescharts/alben-1991/top-100/3. 27 May 2021. dead. chartsurfer.de. de. 27 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Alben 1991 UK – Album-Charts – Top 75 Auswertung. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527084546/https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/album-charts-uk/jahrescharts/alben-1991/top-75/3. 27 May 2021. dead. chartsurfer.de. de. 27 May 2021.

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