Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
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| Released | 10 September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1981 – Summer 1982 | |||
| Studio | Ashcombe House, Bath, England | |||
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| Length | 45:27 | |||
| Label | Charisma (UK) Geffen (US, Canada) | |||
| Producer | David Lord and Peter Gabriel | |||
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| AllMusic | |
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Uncut | 8/10 |
| The Village Voice | C+ |
Peter Gabriel is the fourth studio album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. In the United States and Canada, the album was released by Geffen Records with the title Security. Some music streaming services refer to it as Peter Gabriel 4: Security. A German-language version, entitled Deutsches Album (German Album), was also released. The album saw Gabriel expanding on the post-punk and world music influences from his 1980 self-titled record, and earned him his first US top 40 single with "Shock the Monkey".
Instead of working with Hipgnosis on the cover art as he did for his previous three albums, Gabriel turned to sculptor Malcolm Poynter. The image is of Gabriel's face, based on an experimental videotape recorded by Poynter and heavily distorted through the use of flexible mirrors, Fresnel lenses, and lighting techniques.
The album was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.