Another great live set from Gabriel and company.

"Secret World" live documents the tour for "Us"-- the setlist is biased towards later material, seven songs from "Us", four from "So", "Shaking the Tree" and one new song leave only two tracks from the early part of Gabriel's career-- brief instrumental "Slow Marimbas" from "Birdy" and "Solsbury Hill" from his debut album. Performs include Gabriel regulars Manu Katche (drums), Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (guitar), plus vocalist Paula Cole, keyboard player Jean Claude Naimro, violinist Shankar, doudouk player Levon Minassian, and vocalists Papa Wemba, Reddy Mela Amissi and Styno Mubi Matadi. The result is a blend of Gabriel's pop and world sensibilities executing on stage.



Highlights are numerous, the execution of the show is flawless, from the powerful, building "Come Talk to Me" to the triumphant "In Your Eyes" vocal tour de force. Of particular note are the largely wordless "Across the River", with superb vocalizations from Gabriel and great guitar from Rhodes, a great take on "Shaking the Tree" and a powerful reading of "Washing of the Water".



Its not quite as good as "Plays Live"-- but I'm biased, I prefer Gabriel's third and fourth albums to "So" and "Us". Nonetheless, this is a great live set.

Never seen him live, would like to based on this cd

I am not the biggest Peter Gabriel fan but I have to give this release a definite thumbs up in sound quality, and overall music. Some of the bigger and lesser know titles but overall this cd has an electricity to it that will make you play it over and over again. Peter Gabriel sounds true to form and the band is obviously at its best.

Buy this album!

I own a lot of music...this is my favourite album of all time and the main reason I've become such a PG fan. Everytime I listen to it I escape into my own Secret World.



If you really want to boost the output get yourself a copy of the concert on video or DVD. This tour was a hallmark for theatrical concert productions and is as stimulating to watch as it is to listen to.



A must-have for any serious music fan, and I agree with some of these other reviews...it's healing stuff!