Peter Gabriel Birdy (Soundtrack) ( reissue 180g vinyl LP )

Release date: 06-05-2022 (Originally released in 1985)

2022 EU reissue 180g vinyl LP - Gabriel's first foray into soundtracks was for Alan Parker's contemplative film "Birdy. Birdy marks the first occasion that Peter worked with French-Canadian producer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Lanois who went onto co-produce both Peter’s So and US albums.

Tracks:
A1 At Night 2:35
A2 Floating Dogs 3:00
A3 Quiet And Alone 2:35
A4 Close Up (From Family Snapshot) 1:15
A5 Slow Water 3:10
A6 Dressing The Wound 4:00
B1 Birdy's Flight (From Not One Of Us) 3:02
B2 Slow Marimbas 3:18
B3 The Heat (From Rhythm Of The Heat) 5:00
B4 Sketchpad With Trumpet And Voice 3:00
B5 Under Lock And Key (From Wallflower) 2:18
B6 Powerhouse At The Foot Of The Mountain (From San Jacinto) 2:14

The soundtrack to the Alan Parker movie of the same name – the tale of a Vietnam vet who harbours Icarus-like ambitions to fly – it finds Peter flexing his creative muscles free of any commercial pressures and has a number of tracks build out of elements of existing tracks from Peter’s third and fourth solo albums.