Live in Athens 1987

Live in Athens 1987
Live in Athens 1987
Live album by Peter Gabriel
Released	16 October 2020(UK); 6 November 2020 (US)
Recorded	October 1987
Venue	Lycabettus Theater (Athens)
Length	106:14
Label	Real World
Producer	Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel chronology

Live in Athens: The Full Recorded Show
Live in Athens: The Full Recorded Show
Video by Peter Gabriel
Released	2013
Recorded	October 1987
Venue	Fila Forum (Milan, Italy)
Genre	Rock
Length	176 minutes
Label	Eagle Vision; Real World;
Director	Michael Chapman
Producer	Sandy Lieberson
Peter Gabriel chronology

Live in Athens 1987 is a DVD and live album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. The DVD for Live in Athens 1987 was released in 2013 and the album was released seven years later.

The concert was recorded over the course of three nights at the Lycabettus Theater in Athens during his This Way Up Tour in 1987. Much of the footage had previously been released in video form for Gabriel's POV concert film.^[1] Hart Perry captured the footage on an 8mm format for the original POV, which was later remastered for the DVD edition.^[2] The audio from the performance was later included in the 25th anniversary box set for So.^[1]

The DVD remaster of POV was released in 2013 under the title Live in Athens 1987: The Fully Recorded Show, which included two songs not originally found on POV, namely "Intruder" and "Here Comes the Flood. This collection also featured the full performance of Youssou N'Dour set that opened Gabriel's shows, the music video for "Sledgehammer" in 5.1 surround sound audio, and a 1986 interview that Gabriel conducted with Paul Gambaccini on BBC Radio 1. The two-disc set was also bundled with the Play video album, which included 23 of Gabriel's music videos.^[2]

The cover art for the album was a photo taken by Armando Gallo, who also captured the cover photograph for Gabriel's Plays Live in 1983. Guido Harari supplied the image on the back of the album, which shows Gabriel falling backwards into the audience.^[1] The setlist from Live in Athens 1987 shares eight songs from the Plays Live album.^[3] Matt Colton half-speed mastered the album at Alchemy Mastering.^[1]

Track listing

Video album

All songs written and performed by Peter Gabriel, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Immigres"	Youssou N'Dour	Youssou N'Dour, Super Étoile de Dakar	8:41
2.	"Kocc Barma"	N'Dour, Habib Faye	N'Dour, Super Étoile de Dakar	8:14
3.	"Nelson Mandela"	N'Dour	N'Dour, Super Étoile de Dakar	7:18
4.	"Ndobine"	N'Dour	Youssou N'Dour, Super Étoile de Dakar	8:38
5.	"Sama Dome/My Daughter"	N'Dour, Faye, David Sancious	N'Dour, Super Étoile de Dakar	8:48
6.	"This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)"	Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson		5:57
7.	"San Jacinto"			7:55
8.	"Shock the Monkey"			6:39
9.	"Family Snapshot"			5:44
10.	"Intruder"			5:44
11.	"Games Without Frontiers"			4:36
12.	"No Self Control"			6:17
13.	"Mercy Street"			9:09
14.	"The Family and the Fishing Net"			7:18
15.	"Don't Give Up"			7:58
16.	"Solsbury Hills"			5:15
17.	"Lay Your Hands On me"			8:45
18.	"Sledgehammer"			6:04
19.	"Here Comes the Flood"			3:14
20.	"In Your Eyes"		Gabriel, N'Dour	13:23
21.	"Biko"			12:38

CD

All tracks are written by Peter Gabriel, except "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)", written with Laurie Anderson, and "Don't Give Up", written with Kate Bush.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)"	5:55
2.	"San Jacinto"	7:32
3.	"Shock the Monkey"	6:39
4.	"Family Snapshot"	4:36

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intruder"	5:31
2.	"Games Without Frontiers"	5:25
3.	"No Self Control"	6:16
4.	"Mercy Street"	9:15

Side C
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Family and the Fishing Net"	7:06
2.	"Don't Give Up"	8:16
3.	"Solsbury Hill"	5:10
4.	"Lay Your Hands on Me"	6:15

Side D
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sledgehammer"	5:07
2.	"Here Comes the Flood"	2:48
3.	"In Your Eyes"	10:40
4.	"Biko"	9:43

Personnel

Peter Gabriel – vocals, keyboards
David Rhodes – guitar, backing vocals
Tony Levin – bass guitar, backing vocals
David Sancious – keyboards
Manu Katché – drums

Special guests

Youssou N'Dour and Le Super Étoile de Dakar

Chart performance

Chart performance for the DVD version of *Live in Athens*
Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Music DVD (OCC)^[4]	57

Chart performance for the album version of *Live in Athens*
Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[5]	196
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	48

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Live In Athens 1987 (CD)". PeterGabriel.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Live In Athens 1987 (Blue Ray)". PeterGabriel.com. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
^ Scarfe, Graeme (2021). Peter Gabriel: Every Album, Every Song. United Kingdom: SonicBond. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-1-78952-138-2.
^ "Official Blu-Ray Chart Top 50 21 September 2013 - 27 September 2013". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Ultratop.be – Peter Gabriel – Live In Athens 1987" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Gabriel – Live in Athens 1987" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[Website_1-1] "Live In Athens 1987 (CD)". PeterGabriel.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

[Website_2-2] "Live In Athens 1987 (Blue Ray)". PeterGabriel.com. Retrieved 23 March 2025.

[3] Scarfe, Graeme (2021). Peter Gabriel: Every Album, Every Song. United Kingdom: SonicBond. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-1-78952-138-2.

[4] "Official Blu-Ray Chart Top 50 21 September 2013 - 27 September 2013". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[ac_Wallonia_Peter_Gabriel-5] "Ultratop.be – Peter Gabriel – Live In Athens 1987" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[ac_Germany4_Peter_Gabriel-6] "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Gabriel – Live in Athens 1987" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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Studio albums	Peter Gabriel (Car) Peter Gabriel (Scratch) Peter Gabriel (Melt) Peter Gabriel (Security) So Us Up Scratch My Back New Blood I/O
Live albums	Plays Live Plays Live Highlights Secret World Live Live Blood Back to Front: Live in London Growing Up Live
Singles	"Solsbury Hill" "Modern Love" "D.I.Y." "Games Without Frontiers" "No Self Control" "Biko" "I Don't Remember" "Shock the Monkey" "I Have the Touch" "Wallflower" "Sledgehammer" "In Your Eyes" "Don't Give Up" "Big Time" "Red Rain" "Shaking the Tree" "Digging in the Dirt" "Steam" "Blood of Eden" "Kiss That Frog" "Lovetown" "While the Earth Sleeps" "When You're Falling" "The Barry Williams Show" "More Than This" "Growing Up "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" "Darkness" "Down to Earth" "Panopticom" "The Court" "Playing for Time" "I/O" "Four Kinds of Horses" "Road to Joy" "So Much" "Olive Tree" "Love Can Heal" "This Is Home" "And Still" "Live and Let Live"
Songs	"Moribund the Burgermeister" "Here Comes the Flood" "On the Air" "Mother of Violence" "Intruder" "Family Snapshot" "The Rhythm of the Heat" "San Jacinto" "That Voice Again" "Mercy Street" "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" "This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" "Come Talk to Me" "Secret World" "Father, Son" "The Tower That Ate People" "Sky Blue"
Soundtracks	Birdy Passion OVO Long Walk Home
Compilations	Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats Revisited Hit Rated PG Flotsam and Jetsam
Concert tours	This Way Up Tour Secret World Tour Back to Front Tour i/o The Tour
Films	Secret World Live Growing Up: Live Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped
Video games	Xplora1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World Eve Myst IV: Revelation
Other	Discography Genesis WOMAD Passion – Sources The Story of OVO Millennium Dome Show Play: The Videos Big Blue Ball And I'll Scratch Yours Real World Records Real World Studios Solid State Logic (SSL)
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