An impressive collection of the videos of Peter Gabriel's popular songs. If you have not seen all of the videos for Gabriel's most popular songs this DVD probably has them. One of the great things about this collection is it allows you to see many of these videos and compare them in rapid succession. It also allows you to see that Gabriel is still quite capable of innovation. Way beyond what many other video directors seem capable of.
Gabriel is a trend setter not a trend follower.
As to the video quality it's pretty good. You can also select 2.0 Dolby Stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital, and DTS 5.1 sound. With these three selections the sound is more than merely excellent. Using either of the 5.1 formats you will most likely hear effects or audio information that you've never heard before.
Includes the songs: Father Son, Sledgehammer, Blood of Eden, Games Without Frontiers, I Don't Remember, Big Time, Lovetown, Red Rain, In Your Eyes, Don't Give Up, The Barry Williams Show, Washing of the Water, Biko, Kiss That Frog, Mercy Street, Growing Up, Shaking the Tree, Shock the Monkey, Steam, The Drop, Zaar, Solsbury Hill, and Digging in the Dirt.
There is also a video of "Modern Love" which, I suppose, no amount of work could fix the sound on. The words are drowned out by the music and overall the sound quality is very flat. The video is also very crude. It was shot in 1977 so I suppose it's all forgivable.
Finally, and this is my only real complaint, one can select video introductions. Some songs have them which is an introductory talk by Gabriel explaining the song or techniques in making the song. Others have no commentary at all. Just a shot of the album cover prior to the video. So my complaint is this; with so many songs evoking the question "what was he saying with this?" you may just find that you are still going to be asking that question.
Gabriel is a trend setter not a trend follower.
As to the video quality it's pretty good. You can also select 2.0 Dolby Stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital, and DTS 5.1 sound. With these three selections the sound is more than merely excellent. Using either of the 5.1 formats you will most likely hear effects or audio information that you've never heard before.
Includes the songs: Father Son, Sledgehammer, Blood of Eden, Games Without Frontiers, I Don't Remember, Big Time, Lovetown, Red Rain, In Your Eyes, Don't Give Up, The Barry Williams Show, Washing of the Water, Biko, Kiss That Frog, Mercy Street, Growing Up, Shaking the Tree, Shock the Monkey, Steam, The Drop, Zaar, Solsbury Hill, and Digging in the Dirt.
There is also a video of "Modern Love" which, I suppose, no amount of work could fix the sound on. The words are drowned out by the music and overall the sound quality is very flat. The video is also very crude. It was shot in 1977 so I suppose it's all forgivable.
Finally, and this is my only real complaint, one can select video introductions. Some songs have them which is an introductory talk by Gabriel explaining the song or techniques in making the song. Others have no commentary at all. Just a shot of the album cover prior to the video. So my complaint is this; with so many songs evoking the question "what was he saying with this?" you may just find that you are still going to be asking that question.