Tracks
- “Red Rain” – 5:39
- “Sledgehammer” – 5:12
- “Don’t Give Up” (featuring Kate Bush) – 6:33
- “That Voice Again” (Gabriel, David Rhodes) – 4:53
- “In Your Eyes” – 5:27
- “Mercy Street” – 6:22
- “Big Time” – 4:28
- “We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)” – 3:22
- “This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)” (featuring Laurie Anderson) (Anderson, Gabriel) – 4:25
Album Credits
Peter Gabriel – vocals, synthesizers, piano (except on track 7), percussion on track 4, LinnDrum on tracks 3, 7, 9, Synclavier on track 9
Tony Levin – bass (except on tracks 6, 8), drumstick bass on track 7
David Rhodes – guitar (except on tracks 6, 9), backing vocals on tracks 1, 5
Jerry Marotta – drums on tracks 1, 5, 8, drumstick bass on track 7
Manu Katché – drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, percussion on tracks 3, 4, 5, talking drum on tracks 5, 9
Additional Personnel
Chris Hughes – trumpet on track 2, Linn programming on track 1
Stewart Copeland – hi-hat on track 1, drums on track 7
Daniel Lanois – guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, tambourine on track 2
Wayne Jackson – trumpet on tracks 2, 7, cornet on track 7
Mark Rivera – Tenor saxophone on tracks 2, 7, processed saxophone on track 6
Reggie Houston-Baritone Saxophone on tracks 2,7 Distorted Saxophone on track 7
Don Mikkelson – trombone on tracks 2, 7
P. P. Arnold – backing vocals on tracks 2, 7
Coral Gordon – backing vocals on tracks 2, 7
Dee Lewis – backing vocals on tracks 2, 7
Richard Tee – piano on tracks 3, 5, 6
Simon Clark – synthesizer on tracks 3, 7, organ on track 7, bass on track 7
Kate Bush – vocals on track 3
L. Shankar – violin on track,4,8
Larry Klein – bass on tracks 5, 6
Youssou N’Dour – vocals on track 5
Michael Been – backing vocals on track 5
Jim Kerr – backing vocals on track 5
Ronnie Bright – bass vocals on track 5
Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan-background vocals track 5
Renard Poche – piccolo trumpet on track 2,7 Silent trumpet on track 6
Djalma Correa – surdo, congas, triangle on track 6
Jimmy Bralower – Linn on track 7
Laurie Anderson – vocals on track 8
Bill Laswell – bass on track 9
Nile Rodgers – guitar on track 9
History
The vinyl version omitted the final track, ‘This is the Picture’.
The remastered version moved ‘In Your Eyes’ to the final track.
Album:
Released May 1986
Remastered 2002
Remastered SACD 2003
Release 2012 (as So 25 1/2)
Charts:
UK No. 1
US No. 2
Singles:
UK:
Sledgehammer No. 4
Don’t Give Up/In Your Eyes No. 9
Big Time/Curtains No. 13
Red Rain/Ga Ga (I Go Swimming) No. 46
US:
Sledgehammer/Don’t Break this Rhythm No. 1
In Your Eyes No. 26
Big Time/We Do What We’re Told No. 8
Don’t Give Up/Curtains No. 72
Awards and Certifications
UK/BPI
3 x Platinum Certification (Album) 13 July 1989
VIRGIN (VIRGIN)
Released 19 May 1986
2 x Platinum Certification 26 February 1987
Platinum Certification 01 July 1986
Gold Certification 04 June 1986
Silver Certification 04 June 1986
USA/RIAA
Germany
