About the artist: Peter Gabriel (1950) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched a very successful solo career, with so far 13 studio albums. Peter Gabriel currently has eight songs in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time (and one as a part of a duo).
About the song: sometimes you discover great songs by accident. One day I came across a 1995 tribute CD to Leonard Cohen (Tower of Song) in which his songs were covered by other artists. In general, the quality was somewhat disappointing (an example is the lackluster version by Sting and the Chieftains of the beautiful song Sisters of Mercy), although I would not go as far as the AMG review which called the album a train wreck. Moreover, it did contain one gem: Peter Gabriel's rendition of Suzanne, even improving what has always been one of my favourite Cohen songs. Run time 5:14.
