459. Peter Gabriel III

Peter Gabriel III
Peter Gabriel
1980

Tracks
1. Intruder
2. No Self Control
3. Start
4. I Don't Remember
5. Family Snapshot
6. And Through The Wire
7. Games Without Frontiers
8. Not One Of Us
9. Lead A Normal Life
10. Biko

Any album that people refer to as "Melty Face" has got to be good, right?

It's been a long time since we had a Peter Gabriel album on the List.  I had almost forgotten if I liked him or not.  This album left me with a "meh" feeling; I will have to delve back into the archives to see if I was just as ambivalent in my previous reviews of Gabriel.  I have been complaining lately that the lyrics in these albums haven't been very good.  Lyrically, this album actually is impressive.  I particularly enjoyed "Not One of Us."  I still don't know what "Biko" means, though.  I tried to look it up and found definitions ranging from "please" to "blow job."  Maybe it's a combination of both.

In any case, yes, the lyrics are intelligent.   Still, none of the songs really grabbed me.  In my opinion, not one of the tracks had a catchy beat.  This is, of course, a very subjective barometer.  However, I still need at least one song to catch my interest to give an album a high rating.

RATING: 3/5