Found Link: Listen to Gabriel's new album on The Guardian's website

It's hardly the best sound quality, but if you want to hear Peter's new album before you decide to spend your hard earned money on it, here's your chance. My first impression: piano and orchestra, makes UP look like a heavy metal album in comparison. Not sure if I like it or not yet, but Ill give it a chance. I'll say it again: I really wish he would devote his time to original material instead of these covers. What do you think?

Exclusive album preview | Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back | Music | guardian.co.uk

For his first studio album in eight years, Peter Gabriel came up with an audacious plan. He decided to cover the work of his favourite artists and, in exchange, they would do the same for him. Scratch My Back is the first instalment of this project, and sees the 59-year-old, ex-Genesis man cover the likes of Radiohead, Talking Heads and David Bowie. The artists whose songs you hear here will be returning the favour by performing Gabriel's songs on a forthcoming album, I'll Scratch Yours.

Found Link: Chicago Sun Times kinda likes Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back

This review sure is lukewarm. As I'm sure you all know by now, Gabriel is missing out on Genesis' Hall of Fame induction ceremony. I'm not surprised and you shouldn't be either. You also shouldn't be terribly surprised by this review. I've yet to here the Gabriel cover album yet so I'm not too sure of my own opinion. I know that I can't take this review too seriously considering Jim DeRogatis didn't like Up. Up is my favourite of Gabriel's solo albums. So now you know.

Jim DeRogatis

In the end, "Scratch My Back" doesn't break new ground, and it is unlikely to win new fans--unless we count some of the folks Gabriel has covered. But it ultimately is a much richer and more satisfying effort than his last studio disc, "Up" (2002), and it shows that he is still willing to stretch, take chances and challenge our vision of the singer we think we've known for more than four decades.