Tracks
Side A
- 11986Red Rain5:41D major
- 21986Dutch Top 40: peak position 10 in week 25 of 1986, 12 weeks in the chartSledgehammer5:14F minor
- 31986Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 3 of 1987, 12 weeks in the chartDon't Give Up6:35D♯ minor
- 41986That Voice Again4:49C♯ minor
Side B
- 11986Mercy Street6:18E major
- 21986Dutch Top 40: peak position 24 in week 19 of 1987, 5 weeks in the chartBig Time4:28B minor
- 31986We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)3:22E minor
- 41986This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)4:21F minor
- 51986In Your Eyes5:28E major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of So
So sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 127 bpm.
Quietest track: Mercy Street · most energetic: Big Time
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Frequently asked questions
When was So by Peter Gabriel released?
So came out in 1986.
How many tracks are on So?
So has nine tracks, 47 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from So made the Dutch Top 40?
Three tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up and Big Time. The highest was Don't Give Up, at number 4 in week 3 of 1987.
Which category is So in?
So is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Peter Gabriel.
What do the percentages for the sound of So mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play So?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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