Numbered, limited edition 180-gram 3LP 45 RPM reissue

Album download included in choice of standard or hi-res audio, offer subject to expiration

Peter Gabriel is set to release half-speed vinyl remasters for his So, Us and Up albums on July 15, 2016. All three titles are being pressed on 180-gram vinyl at 45 RPM, and each takes up multiple discs. So will spread out over two LPs, while Us and Up now fill three.

Six years after earning his first blockbuster with the upbeat So, Gabriel finally delivered the subtle and shaded Us, and the 1992 LP benefitted from endless hours in the studio. Clearly, that great span of time indicates that Gabriel was obsessive in crafting the album. It's not just that the production is pristine, clean, and immaculate, writes AllMusic, it's that the music is, with only a handful of exceptions (namely, the "Sledgehammer" rewrite "Steam" and the fellatio ode "Kiss That Frog"), remarkably subtle and shaded. It's also not a coincidence that Us is, as Gabriel says in his liner notes, "about relationships," since the exquisitely textured music lets him expose his soul, albeit in a typically obtuse way.

"It has been heartwarming to see the return of vinyl," says Gabriel. "Even though I loved being free of its limitations in the digital world, there is still a warmth and presence to vinyl that somehow makes it a more natural human companion. It is great to see a new generation learning the secrets of the grooves."

The Gabriel reissues boast gatefold sleeves incorporating original artwork, and will be made available through a numbered limited-edition pressing, with each copy bundled with a download card offering consumers their choice of standard or hi-res digital audio.

Track Listing:
LP 1
A1. Come Talk To Me
A2. Love to Be Loved
B1. Blood of Eden
B2. Steam

LP 2
C1. Only Us
C2. Washing Of The Water
D1. Digging in the Dirt
D2. Fourteen Black Paintings

LP 3
E1. Kiss That Frog
E2. Secret World
F: Etching of the US logo (no music)