Passion (Peter Gabriel album)

Passion (Peter Gabriel album)
Passion (re-released as Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ) 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 WOMAD, an organization he founded, 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 he also added a modern ambient musical touch to the original pieces, producing a musical work that has influenced many musicians. 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 (1987), 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
"The Feeling Begins"
Manny Elias – octabans, surdo, skins
Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
Peter Gabriel – synthesizers, shakers, skins, surdo
David Bottrill – drone mix
David Rhodes – guitar
L. Shankar – double violin
Vatche Housepian – Armenian doudouk
Antranik Askarian – Armenian doudouk
The doudouk is playing an Armenian melody, "The Wind Subsides". (Armenian doudouks recorded for Ocora Records under the direction of Robert Ataian.)
"Gethsemane"
Peter Gabriel – flute samples, flute, voices
"Of These, Hope"
Massamba Diop – talking drum
Peter Gabriel – bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
L. Shankar – double violin
David Rhodes – guitar
Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
"Lazarus Raised"
(Players unknown) – Kurdish duduk & tanbur
David Rhodes – guitars
Peter Gabriel – piano, Akai S900
This piece incorporates a traditional melody from Kurdistan telling of the unhappy love of a young girl for Bave Seyro, a legendary warrior. (Kurdish duduks are from UNESCO Collection – A Musical Anthology of the Orient, general editor Alain Danielou for Musicaphon Records.)
"Of These, Hope – Reprise"
Massamba Diop – talking drum
Peter Gabriel – bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
L. Shankar – double violin
David Rhodes – guitar
Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
Baaba Maal – vocals
Fatala – additional percussion
"In Doubt"
Peter Gabriel – Audioframe, Fairlight samples, vocals
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
"A Different Drum"
Doudou N'Diaye Rose – percussion loop (four bars)
Fatala – percussion loop (three bars)
Peter Gabriel – surdo, percussion, Audioframe, Prophet 5, voice
L. Shankar – double violin
Youssou N'Dour – voice
David Sancious – backing vocals
"Zaar"
Hossam Ramzy – tambourines, dufs, tabla, finger cymbals, triangle
Peter Gabriel – surdo, additional percussion, Audioframe, Akai S900, voice
Nathan East – bass
David Rhodes – guitar
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
L. Shankar – double violin
"Troubled"
Bill Cobham – drums, percussion
Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals
Peter Gabriel – percussion, Fairlight, Emulator, backing vocals
David Sancious – backing vocals
"Open"
Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, Akai S900, vocals
L. Shankar – double violin, vocals
"Before Night Falls"
Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
Kudsi Erguner – ney flute (playing a traditional Armenian melody)
L. Shankar – double violin
The Ney flute is playing a traditional Armenian melody.
"With This Love"
Robin Canter – oboe, cor Anglais
L. Shankar – double violin
David Sancious – Akai S900, synthesizer arrangement
Peter Gabriel – Audioframe, Fairlight, piano, Prophet 5, synthesizer arrangement
"Sandstorm"
Location Recording – Moroccan percussion & vocals
Hossam Ramzy – surdo, tabla, tambourine dufs, mazhar
Manu Katché – additional percussion
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
L. Shankar – double violin
Peter Gabriel – Fairlight
"Stigmata"
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, voice
Based on an improvisation by Mahmoud and Peter Gabriel
"Passion"
Djalma Correa – Brazilian percussion
Jon Hassell – trumpet
Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, Akai S900, Fairlight, voice
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Qawwali voice
L. Shankar – double violin
Youssou N'Dour – voice
Julian Wilkins – choirboy
"With This Love (Choir)"
Robin Canter – cor anglais
Richard Evans – choir recording
"Wall of Breath"
Kudsi Erguner – Turkish ney flute
L. Shankar – double violin
Musicians Du Nil – arghul
David Rhodes – Ebow guitar
Peter Gabriel – synthesizers
"The Promise of Shadows"
Bill Cobham – drum kit
David Bottrill – lead tambourine
Peter Gabriel – Emulator, Prophet 5, Audioframe, additional percussion
David Rhodes – guitar
"Disturbed"
Hossam Ramzy – surdo, tabla
Mustafa Abdel Aziz – percussion loop
Said Mohammad Aly – percussion loop
Fatala – African percussion
L. Shankar – double violin
Peter Gabriel – Fairlight, Prophet 5
"It Is Accomplished"
Bill Cobham – drums, tambourine
David Bottrill – tambourine 2, distorted slide
Nathan East – bass
Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
David Sancious – Hammond organ
David Rhodes – Steinberger guitar
Peter Gabriel – doholla, additional percussion, Roland D-50, piano, Prophet 5, voice
"Bread and Wine"
Peter Gabriel – contrabass, Prophet 5, voice
David Rhodes – EBow guitar
Richard Evans – tin whistle
L. Shankar – double violin
Charts
Certifications
Notes
External links
Peter Gabriel soundtracks
Albums produced by Peter Gabriel
1989 soundtrack albums
Instrumental soundtracks
Geffen Records soundtracks
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
Virgin Records soundtracks
Real World Records albums
Drama film soundtracks