So (album)

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So
Studio album by
Peter Gabriel
Released19 May 1986
RecordedFebruary–December 1985
StudioAshcombe House, Swainswick, Somerset
Genre
Length
  • 41:56 (vinyl)
  • 46:21 (CD)
Label
Producer
Peter Gabriel chronology
Birdy
(1985) 		So
(1986) 		Passion
(1989)
Singles from So
  1. "Sledgehammer"
    Released: 21 April 1986[nb 1][7]
  2. "In Your Eyes"
    Released: 2 September 1986[8]
  3. "Don't Give Up"
    Released: 27 October 1986[9]
  4. "Big Time"
    Released: 23 March 1987[10]
  5. "Red Rain"
    Released: 6 July 1987[11]

So is the fifth studio album by English singer Peter Gabriel and was released on 19 May, 1986 through Virgin Records. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, Austria, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain and went to number 2 in the United States. In 2020, the album was ranked #297 in the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

So (1986)

All songs written and composed by Peter Gabriel, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Red Rain"   5:39
2. "Sledgehammer"   5:12
3. "Don't Give Up" (featuring Kate Bush) 6:33
4. "That Voice Again"   4:53
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "In Your Eyes"   5:27
6. "Mercy Street"   6:22
7. "Big Time"   4:28
8. "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"   3:22
Bonus track on CD and cassette release
No. Title Length
9. "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" (featuring Laurie Anderson) 4:25

So (2002 remastered edition)

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Red Rain"    5:39
2. "Sledgehammer"    5:12
3. "Don't Give Up" (featuring Kate Bush)  6:33
4. "That Voice Again"    4:53
5. "Mercy Street"    6:22
6. "Big Time"    4:28
7. "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"    3:22
8. "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" (featuring Laurie Anderson)  4:25
9. "In Your Eyes"    5:27

So (25th Anniversary Immersion Box) (2012)

So (2012 remaster)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Red Rain"    5:40
2. "Sledgehammer"    5:13
3. "Don't Give Up" (featuring Kate Bush)  6:34
4. "That Voice Again"  
  • Gabriel
  • David Rhodes
 4:49
5. "Mercy Street"    6:17
6. "Big Time"    4:28
7. "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"    3:22
8. "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" (featuring Laurie Anderson)
  • Laurie Anderson
  • Gabriel
 4:20
9. "In Your Eyes"    5:28
So DNA
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Red Rain"    6:15
2. "Sledgehammer"    6:30
3. "Don't Give Up"    6:10
4. "That Voice Again"    6:39
5. "Mercy Street"    7:50
6. "Big Time"    6:54
7. "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"    5:00
8. "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)"    3:58
9. "In Your Eyes"    10:15
Live in Athens 1987 (2×CD)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "This Is the Picture"    5:57
2. "San Jacinto"    7:26
3. "Shock the Monkey"    6:44
4. "Family Snapshot"    4:36
5. "Intruder"    5:26
6. "Games Without Frontiers"    5:29
7. "No Self Control"    6:15
8. "Mercy Street"    9:15
9. "The Family and the Fishing Net"    7:08
10. "Don't Give Up"    8:16
11. "Solsbury Hill"    5:10
12. "Lay Your Hands on Me"    6:14
13. "Sledgehammer"    5:06
14. "Here Comes the Flood"    2:48
15. "In Your Eyes"    10:38
16. "Biko"    9:38
Live in Athens 1987 DVD
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "This Is the Picture"    5:58
2. "San Jacinto"    7:47
3. "Shock the Monkey"    6:46
4. "Family Snapshot"    4:35
5. "Intruder"    5:10
6. "Games Without Frontiers"    6:05
7. "No Self Control"    6:18
8. "Mercy Street"    9:13
9. "The Family and the Fishing Net"    7:04
10. "Don't Give Up"    8:09
11. "Solsbury Hill"    5:13
12. "Lay Your Hands on Me"    8:46
13. "Sledgehammer"    5:47
14. "Here Comes the Flood"    3:30
15. "In Your Eyes"    13:15
16. "Biko"    12:52
So: Classic Albums DVD
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "So – The Definitive Authorised Story of the Album"     
So (2012 remaster vinyl)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Red Rain"    5:40
2. "Sledgehammer"    5:13
3. "Don't Give Up" (featuring Kate Bush)  6:34
4. "That Voice Again"  
  • Gabriel
  • David Rhodes
 4:49
5. "Mercy Street"    6:17
6. "Big Time"    4:28
7. "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"    3:22
8. "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" (featuring Laurie Anderson)
  • Laurie Anderson
  • Gabriel
 4:20
9. "In Your Eyes"    5:28
12 inch AA side vinyl
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Sagrada"     
2. "Courage"     
3. "Don't Give Up" (alternative version piano and bvox mix)   

Notes

  • "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" was not included on the original vinyl release.[12]

So (album) Media

Notes

  1. ↑ All of these release dates pertain to their release in the United Kingdom,[5] except "In Your Eyes" which was released in the US in August 1986.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Allen, Jim. That Time Peter Gabriel Conquered the World with So. Ultimate Classic Rock (19 May 2016). Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Reed, Ryan. Peter Gabriel: New Blood. Paste (11 October 2011). Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. So – Peter GabrielAllMusic. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Munro, Scott. Steven Wilson meets Bollywood in Permanating video. Team Rock (21 July 2017). Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Easlea 2013, p. 378.
  6. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Hot 100 Singles for week ending September 20, 1986. Billboard 98 (38) (20 September 1986). p. 74. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Sledgehammer. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. ↑ In Your Eyes. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Don't Give up. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  10. ↑ Big Time. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  11. ↑ Red Rain. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  12. ↑ So (CD liner notes). Peter Gabriel. United Kingdom: Charisma Records. 1986. PGCD 5. 


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