How Peter Gabriel’s ‘So’ Artwork Defined Him for a Decade
The designer who oversaw the artwork for Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album
So was called in only after the time and money for the project was almost entirely used up.
Renowned album artist Peter Saville received a call from his creative partner Brett Wickens when attempts to complete the sleeve using the title
Good had failed. Despite that, he managed to come up with a concept that, he argued, defined former Genesis frontman Gabriel’s image for a decade.
“They’d used up the time, spent lots of money and it wasn’t ‘good, ” Saville said in a 2003 interview republished recently on Gabriel s website. “The result was that Brett and I drove down to Bath one evening to see Peter. This was my first meeting with Peter, and he was lovely. I said, ‘Look, I don’t really like this. Can we just start again?’ I guess I came across as fairly positive, so Peter said, ‘Okay, let’s do it. Let’s start over.’�
How Peter Gabriel s So Artwork Defined Him for a Decade
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