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Nearly 20 years after Peter Gabriel emerged fronting an early incarnation of Genesis dressed as a Mr. Potato Head, he has turned into one of the most earnest guys in contemporary rock & roll. He's been doing lots of humanitarian work and some marvelously sophisticated music. Unfortunately, he's also become something of a rock Kipling: His multicultural dabblings have a whiff of Noble Savage condescension. Peter Gabriel: POV, executive-produced by Martin Scorsese, is a document of a 1987 concert gig in Athens. It catches Gabriel running through some of his better-known solo numbers — ''Biko,'' ''Solsbury Hill,'' ''Shock the Monkey'' — with a *** band and waxing politically correct about South Africa. The rest is standard backstage filler reminding us once again that the concert video is a form fast approaching meaninglessness. The music sounds fine, however, so perhaps we should think of PoV as just a nice greatest-hits tape with lame accompanying visuals, and enjoy it with the picture turned off. 

Track list:

- This is the Picture;
- San Jacinto;
- Shock the Monkey;
- Games Without Frontiers;
- No Self Control;
- Mercy Street;
- Sledgehammer;
- Solsbury Hill;
- Lay Your Hands on Me;
- Don't Give Up;
- In Your Eyes;
- Biko

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