OVO

This article is about Peter Gabriel's album, OVO. For other uses, see OVO (disambiguation).

OVO
Soundtrack album by Peter Gabriel
Released	8 August 2000
Recorded	Late 1998 - October 1999
Genre	World fusion, experimental rock
Length	62:08
Label	Real World Records
Producer	Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel chronology
Secret World Live (1994) OVO (2000) Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Alternative cover
Standard International Version Cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

OVO is the soundtrack to the Millennium Dome Show in London that was composed by Peter Gabriel. It was his eleventh album overall. It was released on 29 August 2000 and features guest vocals by Neneh Cherry, Rosco, Richie Havens, Elizabeth Fraser and Paul Buchanan (of The Blue Nile). Two versions of the album were released, a limited edition version, which was only released in the United Kingdom, and a standard international version. The UK limited edition version was discontinued after its initial 2000 pressing and replaced with the standard international version. Some pressings of the UK limited edition version contained a booklet with a comic book telling the OVO story and a bonus CD with the track, "The Story of OVO".

Gabriel performed "Father, Son", "The Tower That Ate People", "White Ashes", and "Downside Up" over the course of the Growing Up and Still Growing Up tours. Melanie Gabriel provided backing vocals for "Downside Up". These performances are available on the Growing Up Live and Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped DVDs. "Downside-Up" and "The Nest That Sailed The Sky" were performed as part of The New Blood Tour in 2010 and 2011, the former as a duet between Peter and Melanie Gabriel and the latter as the closing, orchestra-only track of the show. "Father, Son" was also performed. These performances are available on the New Blood Live In London DVD.

UK Limited Edition Version Track Listing

1. "Low Light" – 6:37
2. "The Time of the Turning" – 5:07
3. "The Man Who Loved the Earth/The Hand That Sold Shadows" – 4:15
4. "The Time of the Turning (Reprise)/The Weaver's Reel" – 5:37
5. "Father, Son" – 4:55
6. "The Tower That Ate People" – 4:49
7. "Revenge" – 1:31
8. "White Ashes" – 2:34
9. "Downside-Up" – 6:04
10. "The Nest That Sailed the Sky" – 5:05
11. "The Tree That Went Up" – 2:14
12. "Make Tomorrow" – 10:01

Standard International Version Track Listing

1. "The Story of OVO" – 5:21
2. "Low Light" – 6:37
3. "The Time of the Turning" – 5:06
4. "The Man Who Loved the Earth/The Hand That Sold Shadows" – 4:15
5. "The Time of the Turning (Reprise)/The Weaver's Reel" – 5:37
6. "Father, Son" – 4:55
7. "The Tower That Ate People" – 4:49
8. "Revenge" – 1:31
9. "White Ashes" – 2:34
10. "Downside-Up" – 6:04
11. "The Nest That Sailed the Sky" – 5:05
12. "Make Tomorrow" – 10:01

Personnel

• Peter Gabriel
• Brian Transeau
• Paul Buchanan
• Richard Evans
• Manu Katché
• Tony Levin
• Hossam Ramzy
• David Rhodes
• Shankar
• Assane Thiam
• Jim Barr
• Jim Couza
• Sussan Deyhim
• Markus Dravs
• Nigel Eaton
• Simon Emmerson
• Kudsi Erguner
• Elizabeth Fraser
• Steve Gadd
• Stuart Gordon
• Will Gregory
• Alison Goldfrapp
• Johnny Kalsi
• Ged Lynch
• James McNally
• Jocelyn Pook
• Jacquie Turner
• Richard Chappell
• Alan Coleman
• Edel Griffith
• Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble
• Electra Strings

References

1. ^ Jurek, T. (2011 [last update]). "OVO - Peter Gabriel | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r488132. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 

External links

• OVO: Millennium Show at MusicBrainz
• OVO: Millennium Show at MusicBrainz