OVO

by Peter Gabriel

OVO cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 2000
  • Label: Real World
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 52:03
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed as the official soundtrack for the Millennium Dome Show in London, Gabriel's ambitious project traces the conceptual evolution of human history. The highly eclectic album extensively fuses his signature art pop with diverse global instrumentation, electronic textures, and numerous international guest vocalists.

Genres

Descriptors: Soundtrack, Ballad, conceptual, history

Tracklist

  1. The Story Of OVO (5:21)
  2. Low Light (6:37)
  3. The Time Of The Turning (5:06)
  4. Father, Son (4:55)
  5. The Tower That Ate People (4:49)
  6. Revenge (1:31)
  7. White Ashes (2:34)
  8. Downside-Up (6:04)
  9. The Nest That Sailed The Sky (5:05)
  10. Make Tomorrow (10:01)
  11. The Nest That Sailed The Sky

Credits

  • Nils-Udo - artwork [images by]
  • Dr. Dennis Kunkel - artwork [microscopy images]
  • Daniel Laryea - drums [adzido drummers]
  • Kwesi Amankwa - drums [adzido drummers]
  • Mohammed Alidu - drums [adzido drummers]
  • Samuel Mensah - drums [adzido drummers]
  • Bobby Panesar - performer [the dhol foundation]
  • Indi Chana - performer [the dhol foundation]

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