Big Blue Ball is an album by multiple artists which grew from “recording weeks” at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in the early 1990s.
In production for more than 15 years, “Big Blue Ball” is a project featuring several artists from all around the world working together. According to Gabriel, the initial recording was finished in three years during the early ’90s, but “the tapes were left in a mess and it’s taken this long to sort out.” Producer Stephen Hague was finally called in to sort out the project.
Guests on the album include Sinéad O’Connor, Karl Wallinger (of World Party), Natacha Atlas, and Papa Wemba. Gabriel will take the lead vocals on several tracks on the album. A mix of western, African, and Asian musicians are also included.[1]
Big Blue Ball will be launched in America thanks to a venture-capital trust initiative. Bosses at London-based firm Ingenious have raised more than $4 million (GBP 2 million) to help promote his latest release in the US. The venture capitalists, Gabriel, and his Real World Limited partners, have created a new joint venture company, High Level Recordings Limited, to oversee the release of the album. The new album deal covers the North America territory, where Gabriel is currently out of contract. The worldwide distribution of the album will be dealt by EMI.[2][3]
The first track released from the project was Whole Thing, included on the soundtrack album for the TV series Long Way Down, although a version of Burn You Up, Burn You Down was included on Gabriel’s 2003 compilation album Hit with a radio edit released as a single.
A limited edition of 1000 copies of the album will be released on blue vinyl, from Ryko Distribution.[4]
iTunes released the album for download on June 23, 2008.
Tracks:
01. Whole Thing (featuring Francis Bebey, Alex Faku, Tim Finn, Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger, Andy White)
02. Habibe (featuring Natacha Atlas, Hossam Ramzy, Neil Sparkes)
03. Shadow (featuring Juan Cañizares, Papa Wemba)
04. Altus silva (featuring Joseph Arthur, Ronan Browne, Deep Forest, James McNally, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Vernon Reid)
05. Exit Through You (featuring Joseph Arthur, Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger)
06. Everything Comes From You (featuring Richard Evans, Joji Hirota, Sevara Nazarkhan, Sinead O’Connor, Guo Yue)
07. Burn You Up, Burn You Down (featuring Billy Cobham, Peter Gabriel, The Holmes Brothers, Wendy Melvoin, Arona N’diaye, Jah Wobble)
08. Forest (featuring Levon Minassian, Arona N’Diaye, Vernon Reid, Hukwe Zawose)
09. Rivers (featuring Vernon Reid, Marta Sebestyen, Karl Wallinger)
10. Jijy (featuring Arona N’Diaye, Rossy, Jah Wobble)
11. Big Blue Ball (featuring Peter Gabriel, Manu Katché, Karl Wallinger)
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