Passion (Peter Gabriel album)


Passion is an album released in 1989 by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel. It was the first Peter Gabriel album to be released on Real World Records. It is his second soundtrack and eighth album overall. It was originally composed as the soundtrack album for the film The Last Temptation of Christ, but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release further developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of a movie soundtrack. It is seen as a landmark in the popularisation of world music, and won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1990. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.

Overview

As the soundtrack for the film, Gabriel used the resources of the organization he founded, WOMAD, to bring together musicians from the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South Asia. He worked with them to create music meant to enhance the mood of the film, but also added a modern ambient musical touch to the original pieces, producing a musical work that has influenced many musicians in the years since its release. Passion introduced many listeners to such artists as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour, L. Shankar, and Baaba Maal.
Later in the year a companion album was released, Passion – Sources, featuring additional songs on which Gabriel does not perform. Gabriel described this album as "a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration, and location recordings."
The cover art for the album, Drawing study for Self Image II, is a mixed media composition by the artist Julian Grater. When re-released, the album was titled Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ due to "legal barriers" according to Gabriel in its liner notes.

Track listing

Personnel

  1. "The Feeling Begins"
  2. * Manny Elias – octabans, surdo, skins
  3. * Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
  4. * Peter Gabriel – synthesizers, shakers, skins, surdo
  5. * David Bottrill – drone mix
  6. * David Rhodes – guitar
  7. * L. Shankar – double violin
  8. * Vatche Housepian – Armenian doudouk
  9. * Antranik Askarian – Armenian doudouk
  10. : The doudouk is playing an Armenian melody, "The Wind Subsides".
  11. "Gethsemane"
  12. * Peter Gabriel – flute samples, flute, voices
  13. "Of These, Hope"
  14. * Massamba Diop – talking drum
  15. * Peter Gabriel – bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
  16. * L. Shankar – double violin
  17. * David Rhodes – guitar
  18. * Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
  19. "Lazarus Raised"
  20. * – Kurdish duduk & tenbur
  21. * David Rhodes – guitars
  22. * Peter Gabriel – piano, Akai S900
  23. : This piece incorporates a traditional melody from Kurdistan telling of the unhappy love of a young girl for Bave Seyro, a legendary warrior.
  24. "Of These, Hope – Reprise"
  25. * Massamba Diop – talking drum
  26. * Peter Gabriel – bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
  27. * L. Shankar – double violin
  28. * David Rhodes – guitar
  29. * Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
  30. * Baaba Maal – vocals
  31. * Fatala – additional percussion
  32. "In Doubt"
  33. * Peter Gabriel – Audioframe, Fairlight samples, vocals
  34. * Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
  35. "A Different Drum"
  36. * Doudou N'Diaye Rose – percussion loop
  37. * Fatala – percussion loop
  38. * Peter Gabriel – surdo, percussion, Audioframe, Prophet 5, voice
  39. * L. Shankar – double violin
  40. * Youssou N'Dour – voice
  41. * David Sancious – backing vocals
  42. "Zaar"
  43. * Hossam Ramzy – tambourines, dufs, tabla, finger cymbals, triangle
  44. * Peter Gabriel – surdo, additional percussion, Audioframe, Akai S900, voice
  45. * Nathan East – bass
  46. * David Rhodes – guitar
  47. * Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
  48. * L. Shankar – double violin
  49. "Troubled"
  50. * Bill Cobham – drums, percussion
  51. * Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals
  52. * Peter Gabriel – percussion, Fairlight, Emulator, backing vocals
  53. * David Sancious – backing vocals
  54. "Open"
  55. * Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, Akai S900, vocals
  56. * L. Shankar – double violin, vocals
  57. "Before Night Falls"
  58. * Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
  59. * Kudsi Erguner – ney flute
  60. * L. Shankar – double violin
  61. : The Ney flute is playing a traditional Armenian melody.
  62. "With This Love"
  63. * Robin Canter – oboe, cor Anglais
  64. * L. Shankar – double violin
  65. * David Sancious – Akai S900, synthesizer arrangement
  66. * Peter Gabriel – Audioframe, Fairlight, piano, Prophet 5, synthesizer arrangement
  67. "Sandstorm"
  68. * Location Recording – Moroccan percussion & vocals
  69. * Hossam Ramzy – surdo, tabla, tambourine dufs, mazhar
  70. * Manu Katché – additional percussion
  71. * Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
  72. * L. Shankar – double violin
  73. * Peter Gabriel – Fairlight
  74. "Stigmata"
  75. * Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
  76. * Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, voice
  77. : Based on an improvisation by Mahmoud and Peter Gabriel
  78. "Passion"
  79. * Djalma Correa – Brazilian percussion
  80. * Jon Hassell – trumpet
  81. * Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, Akai S900, Fairlight, voice
  82. * Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Qawwali voice
  83. * L. Shankar – double violin
  84. * Youssou N'Dour – voice
  85. * Julian Wilkins – choirboy
  86. "With This Love "
  87. * Robin Canter – cor anglais
  88. * Richard Evans – choir recording
  89. "Wall of Breath"
  90. * Kudsi Erguner – Turkish ney flute
  91. * L. Shankar – double violin
  92. * Musicians Du Nil – arghul
  93. * David Rhodes – Ebow guitar
  94. * Peter Gabriel – synthesizers
  95. "The Promise of Shadows"
  96. * Bill Cobham – drum kit
  97. * David Bottrill – lead tambourine
  98. * Peter Gabriel – Emulator, Prophet 5, Audioframe, additional percussion
  99. * David Rhodes – guitar
  100. "Disturbed"
  101. * Hossam Ramzy – surdo, tabla
  102. * Mustafa Abdel Aziz – percussion loop
  103. * Said Mohammad Aly – percussion loop
  104. * Fatala – African percussion
  105. * L. Shankar – double violin
  106. * Peter Gabriel – Fairlight, Prophet 5
  107. "It Is Accomplished"
  108. * Bill Cobham – drums, tambourine
  109. * David Bottrill – tambourine 2, distorted slide
  110. * Nathan East – bass
  111. * Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
  112. * David Sancious – Hammond organ
  113. * David Rhodes – Steinberger guitar
  114. * Peter Gabriel – doholla, additional percussion, Roland D-50, piano, Prophet 5, voice
  115. "Bread and Wine"
  116. * Peter Gabriel – contrabass, Prophet 5, voice
  117. * David Rhodes – EBow guitar
  118. * Richard Evans – tin whistle
  119. * L. Shankar – double violin