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Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings
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Positive: 22 out of 38
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Mixed: 6 out of 38
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Negative: 10 out of 38
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ManuelF.Mar 2, 2010Gets better and better everytime you listen to it. not just any album of covers, fantastic rendition to an eclectic selection. Masterpiece
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MariaCsMar 3, 2010Bad, bad, bad. A deception.
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OscarVMar 4, 2010Very inglorious album. Gabriel did it bad.
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FedericoAMar 4, 2010I don`t like that record.
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AngelaBMar 4, 2010Very boring.
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CraigP.Mar 10, 2010Peter Gabriel never fails to impress.Rewards repeat listening.
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StephaneS.Mar 2, 2010Great great cover album by visionary artist. Thanks once again Peter for this piece of art!!
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PeterN.Mar 2, 2010Needs a couple listens, but very strong overall. Needs a couple listens, but very strong overall. His voice is out front on all tracks and deservedly so. It's still rich and warm and works perfectly overtop of the strings. There are many excellent choices of songs - especially the cover of Arcade Fire
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TomBApr 7, 2010There is not a single song on this album that was made better by the voice of Peter Gabriel! I always thought that the man could do no wrong...and then he released this schlock! Simply HORRIBLE!
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RobBMar 3, 2010Gabriel's never recorded an album of covers so it's interesting to see he can actually make the songs his own.
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SteveMar 3, 2010I was at first skeptical about this release, but upon listening to it about a dozen times I am floored by what Peter has done. He has very carefully extracted the songs' essence and let the words and raw melody do the talking. Listening to the originals of Listening Wind, Apres Moi, My Body Is A Cage and others it is clear the original were way too over-produced.
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JuanBMar 3, 2010The outstanding voice of Gabriel in the center of a flat, weak and boring performance.
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JetSMar 5, 2010
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RaymondLMar 4, 2010Very very interesting spin on many of these songs, superb orchestration.
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Jan 11, 2011As a long-time Gabriel-fan, I am very disappointed with this album. Extremely boring arrangements. The feeling of the original songs are not there, not even in another form or shape. PG, please make a real album with good arrangements and your own songs.
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Oct 24, 2013
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He slows the songs' tempos and sets them to string arrangements that range from filmic and lush to something approaching the icy screech essayed by John Cale on Nico's Marble Index.
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Mostly, it works well. Intriguingly, Gabriel fares better with more recent material.
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In spite of the lack of original material, Scratch My Back is as rewarding an experience as a brand-new studio album could be, as it stands as a potent display of Gabriel’s power as a performer.