Why I disconnect a star ...?

A look at the reviews published to date shows: This album polarized the fanbase. As in his review already brought Christian Günther to the point: Those who could not do anything with "Scratch My Back" and "New Blood", is not happy with this double CD, but sees his (previous) confirmed judgments.

Personally, I'm more inclined to see the current stylistic orientation of Mr. Gabriel well. Actually very good. He does it not awkward: it matures with his audience ... was when I started it with his career and with a serious music listening, a work such as this would be with me through all like grid and flown immediately from the turntable. Today I enjoy the timbres of acoustic instruments, feel the transparent arrangements for and find the slow-motion timing is not boring, but very exciting.

Individual tracks have already highlighted other. My current personal favorite: "Wallflower" and "The Boy in the Bubble", but the level is consistently so high that this concert recording from the beginning to end provides pure listening pleasure. Expressly exempt from this praise, I would like just the two most beautiful Gabriel classic: Towards the end of "Solsbury Hill" mixes the otherwise fantastic aufspielende ensemble a few bars of Beethoven's Ninth in. What shoud that? The two works are totally alien, and of course it does not. For me, by this blunder ruined a great piece, and since Rainbows "Difficult To Cure" (where Ritchie has also sold out at the Ninth) like something really nobody listening. Skip to "Solsbury Hill" ... and Skip at "Do not Give Up" for the croak vocals by Ane Brun, which I am even after umpteen attempts may not get used. These two failures cost the fifth star. Too Bad.