Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live

RS: 3of 4 Stars

Adult entertainment without a Hilton sister in sight: Hamish Hamilton captures the Milan stop of Peter Gabriel's 2003 tour, as the monkey shocker rides a bicycle during "Solsbury Hill" and does a gravity-defying walk with his daughter on Up's "Down Side Up." But the highlights here are musical -- "Sky Blue," with the Blind Boys of Alabama, and the classic "In Your Eyes." For a guy whose biggest hit is called "Sledgehammer," Gabriel remains one subtle powerhouse.

DAVID WILD
(January 7, 2004)