Peter Gabriel's "Exposure" vs. Robert Fripp's "Exposure

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Fripp and Gabriel co-wrote a song called "Exposure" in the late '70s. Fripp was producing Gabriel's second self-titled solo album; the song features some classic Frippertronics, as well as a killer bassline and Gabriel's languid shrieking.

A different version of the song -- which essentially is a just a different the same track, and with a female shrieker -- showed up on Fripp's solo album from around the same time, called (what else?) "Exposure".

Which do you prefer?

― Bret Berg (eggcity), Sunday, 24 September 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

Fripp all the way due to the Roche sister's scalding vocal performance.

― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Sunday, 24 September 2006 05:33 (nineteen years ago)

Fripp

― Dave Depper (Dave Depper), Sunday, 24 September 2006 10:19 (nineteen years ago)

Fripp.
That whole record kicks ass.

― Nick Holmes (nother), Sunday, 24 September 2006 11:43 (nineteen years ago)

Also, the version of "Here Comes the Flood" on Fripp's Exposure is way better than Gabriel's solo album version.

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 24 September 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

I think I prefer the version on Fripp's album too. More "progressive" in a way.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 25 September 2006 09:21 (nineteen years ago)

Fripp ... this has made me remember what a great album Exposure is.

― andyjack (andyjack), Monday, 25 September 2006 09:39 (nineteen years ago)

Exposure was one part of a Fripp trilogy which also encompassed Peter Gabriel II and Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs.

They work brilliantly together but Exposure works best as an individual album; one of the very few records I can think of which took up the Escalator Over The Hill ball and ran with it.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 25 September 2006 09:44 (nineteen years ago)

But "Here Comes The Flood" is on "Peter Gabriel", not the second album.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 25 September 2006 10:58 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not going to argue with you. Read your sleevenotes.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 25 September 2006 11:02 (nineteen years ago)

They work brilliantly together but Exposure works best as an individual album; one of the very few records I can think of which took up the Escalator Over The Hill ball and ran with it.

If only there had been an Escalator Over the Hill Ball

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 25 September 2006 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

How different is the Fripp-helmed "Here Comes the Flood?" from the original? These days when I want to listen to the song I play the pretty solo piano version on that Gabriel comp.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 25 September 2006 11:30 (nineteen years ago)

it's kind of like that version but recorded much earlier (I think that version is from the early 90's or late 80's) and has frippertronics all over it

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 25 September 2006 12:27 (nineteen years ago)

And it has a soaring PETER GABRIEL vocal on the chorus instead of the downbeat/"Don't Give Up" one on that comp. The Fripp version is about a million times better.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

word.

― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Monday, 25 September 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

Plus it has the neat (well, I think so, anyway) J.G. Bennett sample intro.

― Joe (Joe), Monday, 25 September 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

Fripp version for me

(link for sake of link: Robert Fripp - Exposure 2 CD reissue)

― milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 25 September 2006 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

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