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** The movie soundtrack compilation ''Rated PG'', where "PG" can either stand for "'''P'''eter '''G'''abriel" or "'''P'''arental '''G'''uidance", as in [[UsefulNotes/ParentalGuidanceSuggestedRating the MPAA rating for films]].

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Born in Surrey, England, Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950) is the former frontman of the influential ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Genesis|Band}} (for details on his time with them, visit their page) and currently a solo artist.

After leaving the band, he first gained a hit with "Solsbury Hill," which was, appropriately enough, about his breakup with them. He then went on to release four increasingly experimental solo albums from 1977-1982. These were all initially [[OneSteveLimit titled]] [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymously]], but have since gained nicknames (based on their cover art) that have been embraced by the fandom [[AscendedFanon (and Gabriel himself)]]. Each were fairly successful, with the third and fourth producing multiple hits, such "Games Without Frontiers", "I Don't Remember", and "Shock the Monkey".

Then came 1986, and his album ''Music/{{So}}'' along with it. It was a smash hit that gave Gabriel his greatest mainstream success, featuring some of his most famous songs (particularly [[DoubleEntendre "Sledgehammer"]] and [[Film/SayAnything "In Your Eyes"]]). Six years later came ''Music/{{Us}}'', followed (almost ''ten years later'') by ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'', with his most recent being a CoverAlbum, ''Scratch My Back''. He has also done work for various films, most famously singing Randy Newman's "That'll Do" for the film ''Film/BabePigInTheCity'' and for writing and performing "Down to Earth" for ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', each earning Academy Award nominations[[note]]but losing to songs for ''The Prince Of Egypt'' and ''Slumdog Millionare'', repectively[[/note]].

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Born in Surrey, England, Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 13, 1950) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who was the former frontman of the influential ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Genesis|Band}} (for details on his time with them, visit their page) and currently a solo artist.

After leaving the band, he first gained a hit with "Solsbury Hill," Hill", which was, appropriately enough, about his breakup with them. He then went on to release four increasingly experimental solo albums from 1977-1982. These were all initially [[OneSteveLimit titled]] [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymously]], but have since gained nicknames (based on their cover art) that have been embraced by the fandom [[AscendedFanon (and Gabriel himself)]]. Each were fairly successful, with the third and fourth producing multiple hits, such "Games Without Frontiers", "I Don't Remember", and "Shock the Monkey".

Then came 1986, and his album ''Music/{{So}}'' along with it. It was a smash hit that gave Gabriel his greatest mainstream success, featuring some of his most famous songs (particularly [[DoubleEntendre "Sledgehammer"]] and [[Film/SayAnything "In Your Eyes"]]). Six years later came ''Music/{{Us}}'', followed (almost almost ''ten years later'') later'' by ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'', with his most recent being a CoverAlbum, ''Scratch My Back''. which was then followed '''over 21 years later''' by ''i/o''. He has also done work for various films, most famously singing Randy Newman's "That'll Do" for the film ''Film/BabePigInTheCity'' and for writing and performing "Down to Earth" for ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', ''WesternAnimation/{{WallE}}'', each earning Academy Award nominations[[note]]but nominations but losing to songs for ''The Prince Of Egypt'' and ''Slumdog Millionare'', repectively[[/note]].
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* ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'' (2002; as of 2020, Gabriel's last collection of original solo material)

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* OneWordTitle: After his record company finally laid down the law and insisted on titles for his studio albums after his first four untitled ones, Gabriel complied in the most grudging manner possible, using the single two letter words ''So'', ''Us'' and ''Up'' for them. His upcoming album, if it ever gets completed, is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I/O_(album) intended to be titled]] ''I/O'', which would somehow avert this trope while containing the absolute fewest number of characters possible. (''I/O'', in computer lingo, stands for ''Input/Output''.)

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* OneWordTitle: After his record company finally laid down the law and insisted on titles for his studio albums after his first four untitled ones, Gabriel complied in the most grudging manner possible, using the single two letter words ''So'', ''Us'' and ''Up'' for them. His upcoming album, if it ever gets completed, is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I/O_(album) intended to be titled]] ''I/O'', which would long-awaited tenth album ''I/O'' somehow avert averts this trope while containing the absolute fewest number of characters possible. (''I/O'', in computer lingo, stands for ''Input/Output''.)
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* GoToSleepEnding: "Curtains" (a BSide to both [[Music/{{So}} "Don't Give Up" and "Big Time"]], later included in the soundtrack to ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'') describes an anxious couple falling sleep, ending with one of them telling the other, "...close your eyes / go to sleep."
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* AnimatedMusicVideo:
** To promote ''Music/{{So}}'', both "Music/{{Sledgehammer|1986}}" and "Big Time" received animated videos by Creator/AardmanAnimations, mixing together various forms of StopMotion.
** In the leadup to the release of ''i/o'', the Dark Side mixes of "Panopticom" & "The Court" and the Bright Side mix of "Love Can Heal" all received animated music videos. The former two were made with generative AI as part of Gabriel's "Diffuse Together" fan contest and revolve around continuously shifting surreal landscapes. The latter video, meanwhile, was made by Creator/AardmanAnimations and is based on artwork by Antony Micallef.

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: In a 2023 interview with ''Uncut'' magazine, Gabriel revealed that the title of ''i/o'' was derived not only from tech jargon meaning "input/output," but also Io, one of Jupiter's moons.

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**'The movie soundtrack compilation 'Rated PG'', where "PG" can either stand for "'''P'''eter '''G'''abriel" or "'''P'''arental '''G'''uidance", as in the MPAA rating for films.



* FunWithAcronyms: ''Rated PG'', where "PG" can either stand for "'''P'''eter '''G'''abriel" or "'''P'''arental '''G'''uidance", as in the MPAA rating for films.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Only Us", from ''Us''.

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"Only Us", from ''Us''.



* AndIMustScream: In the accompanying Full Moon Update, Gabriel stated that "Road to Joy" is about a person who undergoes a near-death experience and finds themselves afflicted with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome locked-in syndrome]], a condition that results in paralysis of all voluntary muscle movements, resulting in the narrator being conscious but trapped in their own body, unable to communicate.



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"Big Time".Time", a boisterous funk piece about the predatory nature of greed.
** "Road to Joy" is an upbeat and anthemic soul song about a person trying to fight against the paralysis that leaves them unable to communicate with anyone around them.
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* IdiosyncraticCoverArt:
** Most of Gabriel's studio album covers revolve around the theme of subverting his likeness. On ''Music/{{Car}}'', he's obscured behind a rain-soaked windshield. On ''Music/{{Scratch}}'', he's tearing his own portrait from within. On ''Music/{{Melt}}'', he's melting into ooze. On ''Music/{{Security}}'', he's unrecognizably distorted by mirrors, Fresnel lenses, and solarization. On ''Music/{{Us}}'', he's dancing so vigorously that his image is blurring. On ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'', he's blurred in the background and has his face refracted in a series of water drops. ''Music/{{So}}'' bucks the trend by using a conventional headshot. Additionally, Gabriel's first four albums all used the same logotype, tying in with his intention to treat them like issues of a magazine.
** ''Scratch My Back'', ''And I'll Scratch Yours'', and ''New Blood'' were all put together as part of the same project regarding revisiting old material by himself and other artists. Accordingly, all three use macro photographs of blood cells. This theme also influenced the logo for ''i/o'', which consists of stylized versions of the ''Scratch My Back'' and ''New Blood'' covers.
** The 2002 remasters of Gabriel's back-catalog features spine art consisting of a cropped portion of the album cover against a color-coded background that takes after the cover art. Additionally, the disc trays feature artwork consisting of a number cut out of the appropriate color to reveal a shelf of tapes from the recording sessions. The exceptions to this are ''Plays Live - Highlights'', which omits the cutout, and the soundtrack to ''Film/{{Birdy}}'', in which the cutout is a regular circle.
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* FlippingTheBird: The single cover for "Road to Joy" depicts a cavalcade of arms and hands flipping each other off.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: In a 2023 interview with ''Uncut'' magazine, Gabriel revealed that the title of ''i/o'' was derived not only from tech jargon meaning "input/output," but also Io, one of Jupiter's moons.

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