Editing Peter Gabriel (section)

== Artistry ==
Stylistically, Gabriel's music has been alternately described by music writers as [[progressive rock]],<ref name="hudak">{{cite magazine |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/peter-gabriel/biography |title=Peter Gabriel Biography |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=14 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905122254/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/peter-gabriel/biography |archive-date=5 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[art rock]],<ref name="So – Peter Gabriel (review)">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=So – Peter Gabriel (review) |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/so-r1956656/review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118041430/http://www.allmusic.com/album/so-r1956656/review |archive-date=18 January 2012 |access-date=27 September 2014 |work=AllMusic}}</ref> [[art pop]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|date=28 February 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/28/arts/music-they-re-recording-but-are-they-artists.html|title=MUSIC; They're Recording, but Are They Artists?|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=17 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130144527/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/28/arts/music-they-re-recording-but-are-they-artists.html|archive-date=30 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[worldbeat]],<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Ellen |editor-last=Koskoff |title=Music Cultures in the United States: An Introduction|url=https://archive.org/details/musicculturesuni00kosk |url-access=limited |year=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/musicculturesuni00kosk/page/n385 371]|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-96589-7}}</ref> [[post-progressive]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/7101 |title=A Mellotron-Shaped Grave: Deconstructing the Death of Progressive Rock |last=Merlini |first=Mattia |date=October 2022|journal=Transposition|issue=10 |doi=10.4000/transposition.7101 |s2cid=250229571 |access-date=2023-08-09|quote=Indeed, such an analysis can explain why new post-progressive artists (e.g. Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp) |doi-access=free |hdl=2434/948377 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> and [[progressive soul]].{{sfn|Easlea|2018|loc=18: The Tremble in the Hips: ''So''}} According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' journalist Ryan Reed, Gabriel has developed in all as an "art-rock innovator, soul-pop craftsman, [and] 'world music' ambassador" over the course of his career,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=5 July 2016|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/20-insanely-great-peter-gabriel-songs-only-hardcore-fans-know-152083/|title=20 Insanely Great Peter Gabriel Songs Only Hardcore Fans Know|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=19 March 2022}}</ref> while music scholar Gregg Akkermann argues that, despite his progressive rock origins, he has "managed to attract fans from across the spectrum: prog rock, alternative rock, world beat, blue-eyed soul, dance music, the college crowd, the teens, Americans and Europeans".<ref>{{cite book|contribution=Series Editor's Foreword|contributor-last=Akkerman|contributor-first=Gregg|page=x|last=Bowman|first=Durrell|year=2016|title=Experiencing Peter Gabriel: A Listener's Companion|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]]|isbn=9781442252004}}</ref> More broadly, [[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] says Gabriel emerged during the 1980s as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians", as well as "an international pop star".<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|date=n.d.|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-gabriel-mn0000842802/biography|title=Peter Gabriel Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=19 March 2022}}</ref>

Gabriel has worked with a relatively stable crew of musicians and recording engineers throughout his solo career. Bass and [[Chapman Stick|Stick]] player [[Tony Levin]] has performed on every Gabriel studio album and every live tour except for ''Scratch My Back'' (2010), the soundtracks ''Passion'' (1989) and ''Long Walk Home'' (2002), and the New Blood Tour. Guitarist [[David Rhodes (guitarist)|David Rhodes]] has been Gabriel's guitarist of choice since 1979. Prior to ''So'' (1986), [[Jerry Marotta]] was Gabriel's preferred drummer, both in the studio and on the road. (For the ''So'' and ''Us'' albums and tours Marotta was replaced by [[Manu Katché]], who was then replaced by [[Ged Lynch]] on parts of the ''Up'' album and all of the subsequent tour). Gabriel is known for choosing top-flight collaborators, from co-producers such as Ezrin, Fripp, Lillywhite and Lanois to musicians such as [[Natalie Merchant]], [[Elizabeth Fraser]], [[L. Shankar]], [[Trent Reznor]], [[Youssou N'Dour]], [[Larry Fast]], [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Sinéad O'Connor]], [[Kate Bush]], [[Ane Brun]], [[Paula Cole]], [[John Giblin]], [[Dave Gregory (musician)|Dave Gregory]], [[Peter Hammill]], [[Papa Wemba]], [[Manu Katché]], [[Jabu Khanyile|Bayete]], [[Milton Nascimento]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Stewart Copeland]] and [[OneRepublic]].

Over the years, Gabriel has collaborated with singer [[Kate Bush]] several times; Bush provided backing vocals for Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers" and "No Self Control" in 1980, and female lead vocal for "Don't Give Up" (a top 10 hit in the UK) in 1986, and Gabriel appeared on her television special. Their duet of [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]'s "[[Another Day (Roy Harper song)|Another Day]]" was discussed for release as a single, but never appeared.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/another-day|title=Another Day|website=katebushencyclopedia|date=14 August 2017 |access-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034923/https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/another-day|archive-date=28 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

He also collaborated with [[avant-garde]] artist [[Laurie Anderson]] on two versions of her composition "[[Excellent Birds]]"—one for her second album ''[[Mister Heartbreak]]'' (1984),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mister-heartbreak-mw0000189067|title=Mister Heartbreak – Laurie Anderson {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312145114/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mister-heartbreak-mw0000189067|archive-date=12 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and another version called "[[Excellent Birds#Background|This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)]]", which appeared on original [[audio cassette|cassette]] and CD versions, and all versions past 2002, of ''So''.

Gabriel sang (along with [[Jim Kerr]] of [[Simple Minds]]) on "Everywhere I Go", from [[The Call (band)|the Call]]'s 1986 studio album, ''Reconciled''. On [[Toni Childs]]' 1994 studio album, ''[[The Woman's Boat]]'', Gabriel sang on the track, "I Met a Man".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-womans-boat-mw0000113374/credits|title=The Woman's Boat – Toni Childs {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312144439/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-womans-boat-mw0000113374/credits|archive-date=12 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1998, Gabriel appeared on the soundtrack of ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]'' as the lead vocalist of the song "That'll Do", written by [[Randy Newman]]. The song was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], and Gabriel and Newman performed it at the following year's Oscar telecast. He performed a similar soundtrack appearance for the 2004 film ''[[Shall We Dance? (2004 film)|Shall We Dance?]]'', singing a [[cover version]] of "[[The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields song)|The Book of Love]]" by [[the Magnetic Fields]].

In 1987, Gabriel appeared on [[Robbie Robertson]]'s [[Robbie Robertson (album)|self-titled solo studio album]], singing on "Fallen Angel"; co-wrote two [[Tom Robinson]] singles; and appeared on [[Joni Mitchell]]'s 1988 studio album ''[[Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm]]'', on the opening track "My Secret Place".

In 2001, Gabriel contributed lead vocals to the song "When You're Falling" on [[Afro Celt Sound System]]'s ''[[Volume 3: Further in Time]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realworldrecords.com/catalogue/volume-3-further-in-time/|title=''Volume 3: Further in Time''|website=Realworldrecords.com|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714084340/https://realworldrecords.com/catalogue/volume-3-further-in-time/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the summer of 2003, Gabriel performed in Ohio with a guest performance by Uzbek singer [[Sevara Nazarkhan]].

Gabriel collaborated on tracks with electronic musician [[BT (musician)|BT]], who also worked on the ''OVO'' soundtrack with him. The tracks were never released, as the computers they were contained on were stolen from BT's home in California. He also sang the lyrics for [[Deep Forest]] on their theme song for the movie ''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]'' (1995). In addition, Gabriel has appeared on [[Angelique Kidjo]]'s 2007 studio album ''[[Djin Djin]]'', singing on the song "Salala".

Gabriel has recorded a cover of the [[Vampire Weekend]] single "[[Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa]]" with [[Hot Chip]], where his name is mentioned several times in the chorus. He substitutes the original line "But this feels so unnatural / Peter Gabriel too / This feels so unnatural/ Peter Gabriel too" with "It feels so unnatural / Peter Gabriel too / and it feels so unnatural / to sing your own name."<ref>{{Citation|title=Hot chip peter gabriel cape cod kwassa kwassa vampire weekend cover|url=https://soundcloud.com/revrev/hot-chip-peter-gabriel-cape-cod-kwassa-kwassa-vampire-weekend-cover|language=en|access-date=26 February 2021}}</ref>

Gabriel collaborated with [[Arcade Fire]] on their 2022 studio album, ''[[We (Arcade Fire album)|We]]''. He sang backing vocals on the track "Unconditional II (Race and Religion)".<ref>{{Citation |title=New collaboration with Arcade Fire |url=https://petergabriel.com/news/new-collaboration-with-arcade-fire/ |access-date=17 May 2022 |publisher=Peter Gabriel}}</ref>