Calming beautiful and full of harmony !!! Grandiose !!!

Two years is this "Live Blood" by Peter Gabriel now. In this kind of music I had been waiting for. It's a rock album and it is not a rock album. It's a classic album and not back. The music that Peter Gabriel has created with the "New Blood Orchestra" under the direction of Ben Foster is just amazing. It is poignant, exciting to the same reassuring beautiful and full of harmony. Everything fits here. Peter Gabriel's sonorous voice is paired with the sweet voices, not only accompanying voices of daughter Melanie Gabriel and Ane Brun.
On the CD there are no failures. Play all songs in the musical Oberliga and are world class. So I can only my favorite songs list (at the same time my Anspieltipps):

- "The Boy In The Bubble", this excellent song by Paul Simon gets a completely new face here. Very poignant.

- "The Book Of Love" by Stephin Merritt is just incredibly beautiful and touching.

- "Mercy Street" is unbeatable in this orchestral version.

- "Solsbury Hill" built as a Schlankln a few bars of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Otherwise the song is usual inspiring.

- "Do not Give Up" - This version is fascinating soulful. Almost fragile!

But, as already mentioned, all the songs on this live album give me a comforting goose bumps.

This album is not only a feast for the ears of "prog rock" friends. Peter Gabriel combines the music world. Grandiose !!! "Live Blood" could actually deserves a whole starry sky. Unfortunately, I can only awarded five stars here.