# What's the best song on Peter Gabriel's first solo album (the car cover)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-peter-gabriels-first-solo-album-the-car-cover/557450 "2010-10-17T15:48:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-peter-gabriels-first-solo-album-the-car-cover/557450/1 "2010-10-17T15:48:23Z")
Time to add an artist to the burgeoning list of those with polls for each album. Peter Gabriel is a good candidate since in most cases, he’ll have several songs on each solo album that are likely to fight it out for popularity. This one, however, has one song that has gotten more airplay than the rest of the album combined, so anything else winning the vote will be considered an upset over “Solsbury Hill”. His first solo album was titled _Peter Gabriel_ but known as “One” or “Car” since his first 3 or 4 solo albums were all titled _Peter Gabriel_ (the fourth was released as Security in the US but _Peter Gabriel_ elsewhere). Despite the likely dominance of “Solsbury Hill”, I cast my vote for “Here Comes The Flood” for its incredible imagery. “Humdrum” has some of the coolest lyrics ever and would be my second choice. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-peter-gabriels-first-solo-album-the-car-cover/557450/2 "2010-10-17T19:09:37Z")
Even though its been ruined by its use in way too many rom-com movie trailers, Solisbury Hill is the only choice. Back in the 80s when I was a kid this song was my Moby Dick…I would hear the song played on the local classic rock station about once a month and I would never hear the DJ identify the artist…was a long a frustrating search for an answer in those pre-internet days… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-peter-gabriels-first-solo-album-the-car-cover/557450/3 "2010-10-17T19:19:46Z")
Great, great album. Actually my favorite of Gabriel’s, even though he hadn’t really found his identity yet. (Some say this album is really Bob Ezrin using Peter Gabriel to make _his_ solo album.) About half the songs I could happily call “best.” I was about to click on “Moribund” but at the last minute changed my vote to “Humdrum.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-peter-gabriels-first-solo-album-the-car-cover/557450/4 "2010-10-17T19:29:00Z")
**Here Comes The Flood**. What a beautiful song. I rarely make it through without shedding a tear. I love the version that opens the _Growing Up Live_ DVD; just Gabe at the electric piano. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-peter-gabriels-first-solo-album-the-car-cover/557450/5 "2010-10-17T23:11:26Z")
Another vote for **Here Comes The Flood** , with **Waiting For The Big One** a very close second. **Solsbury Hill** has been ruined for me by it’s inclusion in too many dumb-ass movie trailers. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-peter-gabriels-first-solo-album-the-car-cover/557450/6 "2010-10-17T23:39:59Z")
I had to vote for\* Here Comes The Flood\*, but it was very tough to choose between it and _Humdrum_. I’m rather lukewarm about _Solsbury Hill_. It’s OK, but not much more than that. Plus, since it’s about Gabriel deciding to leave Genesis it always makes me kind of mad at him (irrationally).