I/O (Peter Gabriel album): Difference between revisions

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'''''I/O''''' is the working title of a planned studio album by British musician [[Peter Gabriel]]. It was initially intended to be the follow-up to his 2002 album, ''[[Up (Peter Gabriel album)|Up]].'' It has continued to be developed through 2022, and is currently being recorded. It is currently set for a 2023 release.<ref>https://americansongwriter.com/peter-gabriel-set-to-release-new-album-his-first-in-20-years-tour-in-2023/?fbclid=IwAR2Z45MlFqoRSYRhFgy-If-oFdyKPC6PnEpFzgiAEXBlgLlksfsBi0o4OTE</ref>

==History==

The history of ''I/O'' is closely connected to that of making the album ''Up'', which notoriously took Gabriel almost 10 years to complete, with some of the songs being first recorded during the ''[[Us (Peter Gabriel album)|Us]]'' recording sessions. After the ''[[Secret World Live]]'' World Tour, Gabriel spent much of the 1990s writing new material, and in interviews circa 2002 he said that four albums would come out of this period of writing<ref name="mtv">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457908/20021002/gabriel_peter.jhtml?headlines=true "Peter Gabriel's "Up" Is A Downer, But In a Good Way"], by Jon Wiederhorn, 10 March 2002. MTV.com.</ref><ref name="VH1">[http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1457838/09272002/gabriel_peter.jhtml — ''Peter Gabriel: Had a Nice Decade''] by Franklin Cumberbatch, 27 September 2002. ''VH1.com''</ref> (he reportedly wrote and prepared over 130 songs during this time, of which ten were selected for ''Up'').<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2295637.stm "Up and away with Peter Gabriel"], 3 October 2002. BBC News.</ref>

Originally the album was set to be released in 2004,<ref name="chappell">[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may03/articles/gabrielchappell.asp — ''Richard Chappell: Recording Peter Gabriel's Up''] by Paul Tingen.</ref> or 18 months apart from ''Up'', yet extensive touring (the ''[[Growing Up Live]]'' and ''[[Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped|Still Growing Up Live]]'' tours in 2003 and 2004) pushed the release far ahead.

According to a ''Rolling Stone'' magazine article from 2005, Gabriel had 150 songs in various stages, which he had been working on with engineer Richard Chappell and percussionist [[Ged Lynch]].<ref name="rollingstone">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071002021944/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petergabriel/articles/story/8750346/peter_gabriel_plugs_in — ''Peter Gabriel Plugs In''] by Andy Greene, 3 November 2005. ''The Rolling Stone''.</ref> He also talked about the possibility of completing the songs, arranging them for a band, touring first and only then recording and releasing them.<ref name="rollingstone" /> He also said of a tour possibility: "I would like to try maybe just me and a percussionist, or a percussionist and bass. It's good sometimes to let go of your crutches."<ref name="rollingstone" />

In the last quarter of 2008, Gabriel (via his monthly Moon Club Video Updates on his official website) mentioned that he has been back in the studio on a more regular basis, shifting focus toward the recording of ''I/O'' and his covers project ''[[Scratch My Back]]'' (which was released in 2010). However, as of March 2012, Gabriel announced on his video updates that he has been working on twelve "brand new" song ideas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Moon update March 2012|url=https://petergabriel.com/news/full-moon-update-march-2012/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=PeterGabriel.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2013, Gabriel uploaded pictures of himself and Ged Lynch in the recording studio.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Lifton|first1=Dave|title=Peter Gabriel Working on New Album|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-gabriel-new-album-2015/|access-date=15 August 2016|website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> While a release date has not been announced, Gabriel intended to put more focus on this project before committing to anything else. In a 2013 interview with Rolling Stone, he mentioned that he had 20 songs in the works. "I really need to stop doing other things and lock myself away for a while. It probably hasn’t moved nearly as much as I would have liked to in the intervening time. The songs are still there, but some of them I would redo now and there’s some new stuff as well. I keep arranging until the cows come home, which is sometimes a weakness.."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=2013-12-09|title=Peter Gabriel Readying 20 New Songs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/is-peter-gabriels-new-album-finished-244169/|access-date=2021-11-03|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

In a 2014 interview with ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, Gabriel revealed he was working on "some happy stuff" because "it’s very easy for me to fall into some moody stuff." He also spoke about how he had been writing some songs over the last two weeks that might end up on an "organic dance record". When asked if that was for I/O, he said he wasn't sure it will still be called I/O, noting there are already multiple albums with similar names.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher R.|date=2014-10-17|title=Peter Gabriel Reflects on 25 Years of Real World|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peter-gabriel-on-25-years-of-real-world-possible-organic-dance-record-241340/|access-date=2021-11-03|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> He also released a Facebook post in 2014 revealing he was working on a song called "Here Comes Love".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Genesis News Com [it]: Peter Gabriel - The Making Of I/O|url=https://www.genesis-news.com/c-Peter-Gabriel-The-Making-Of-IO-s161.html|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.genesis-news.com}}</ref>

Throughout 2015 and 2016, Gabriel continued to post many Facebook and Instagram posts about working on the new album alongside Ged Lynch and Richard Chappell. He also revealed another song with the working title of "In and Out".<ref name=":0" /> In 2016, he released two new singles: "I'm Amazing" and "The Veil".

In March 2018, Gabriel posted on his Facebook that the new album was in the "comping" stage.<ref name=":0" /> In April 2019, Gabriel mentioned on BBC Radio that he had taken a break from music making to care for his then-ill wife, but had gotten back into it once she had fully recovered. He said he was working on about 50 ideas, with the intention of finishing the songs by the end of 2019 to then "open them up to the band" by early next year then "get a record out".<ref>{{Cite web|title=/ Peter Gabriel: Work on new songs continues ...|url=https://www.genesis-news.com/news-Peter-Gabriel-Work-on-new-songs-continues--n584.html|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.genesis-news.com}}</ref> In 2019, he released a new single titled "This Is Party Man".

In March 2020, Gabriel wrote back to an article in The Times and revealed he was working on a song about aging, called "So Much".<ref>{{Cite web|title=/ Peter Gabriel is working on a new song|url=https://www.genesis-news.com/news-Peter-Gabriel-is-working-on-a-new-song-n653.html|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.genesis-news.com}}</ref>

Gabriel was interviewed by UNCUT magazine for their July 2020 issue. In this interview, Gabriel was asked about new music to which he said "I'm excited by what is being cooked at the moment - I have been slowed down quite a lot by lockdown, we've not been able to have Dickie my engineer here - but I have enough songs that I like to make a record I'm proud of." Gabriel was then directly asked, "So we can expect a new studio album anytime soon?" to which he replied, "It would depend on how you define 'soon', but the answer is yes!"<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-14|title=Uncut - September 2020|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/magazines/uncut-september-2020-127292/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=UNCUT|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Genesis|first=Editing of Horizons|title=HR Press Review: Peter Gabriel Talks About New Album On UNCUT Magazine - HERE'S WHAT HE SAID {{!}} Horizons Genesis|url=https://www.horizonsradio.it/en/2020/07/14/peter-uncut/|access-date=2021-11-03|language=en}}</ref>

In October 2021, ''Genesis News'' reported that Gabriel, in an interview with Italian news magazine ''SPECCHIO'', said that he and his band had recently worked on 17 songs in the studio for 10 days.<ref>{{Cite web|title=/ Peter Gabriel: New album "closer than you think"|url=https://www.genesis-news.com/news-Peter-Gabriel-New-album-closer-than-you-think-n751.html|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.genesis-news.com}}</ref> Later in the month, Peter was asked about his new album during an event in Milan, Italy, while promoting his daughter Anna's book. He mentioned that he had been in the studio two weeks ago, recording 23 songs alongside [[Manu Katché|Manu Katche]] and his "usual" band.<ref>{{Citation|title=Peter Gabriel talks about the new album @ Santeria Toscana 31 Milan Italy|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWtgWDd1HD4|language=en|access-date=2021-11-03}}</ref> Soon after, Gabriel posted to his Facebook and Instagram a series of photos containing himself, Katche, bassist [[Tony Levin]], and guitarist [[David Rhodes (guitarist)|David Rhodes]] in the recording studio at Real World Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Gabriel's Instagram photo: "Recording in the Big Room at @realworldstudios, late Sept/early Oct 2021. 📸 @yorktillyer"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgQRbCoSRp/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CVgQRbCoSRp |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|access-date=2021-11-03|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Gabriel on Instagram: "A few familiar faces at the recent recording session @realworldstudios. @davidrhodesofficial @tonylevin @manukatche 📸 @yorktillyer"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVp45l3Ich-/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CVp45l3Ich- |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|access-date=2021-11-03|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In June 2022, Katché told the French magazine ''[[L'Illustré]]'' that the album was nearly complete and would be released later that year, pending an official announcement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/peter-gabriel-set-to-release-new-album-his-first-in-20-years-tour-in-2023/ |title=Peter Gabriel Set to Release New Album, His First in 20 Years, Tour in 2023 |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=6 June 2022 |website=American Songwriter |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/is-peter-gabriel-albums-new-album-finally-going-to-be-released |title=Is Peter Gabriel's new album finally going to be released? |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=4 June 2022 |website=Louder |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/peter-gabriel-to-release-first-new-album-in-20-years-this-year-according-to-drummer-3239984 |title=Peter Gabriel to release first new album in 20 years this year, according to drummer |last=Richards |first=Will |date=5 June 2022 |website=NME |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.genesis-news.com/c-Peter-Gabriel-The-Making-Of-IO-s161.html The Making of ''I/O'']

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