''Rated PG'' is a compilation album of songs for film soundtracks by English rock musician

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. The track selection spans over 30 years of music created for the individual films, with "Walk Through the Fire" from 1984 being the earliest and "Everybird" from 2017 being the most recent.

Content

The album includes many unreleased tracks, some of which are alternate versions of previously released songs. The previously unreleased songs in any form outside of their respective films are "Everybird", "Speak (Bol)", and "Nocturnal".

Release

Originally only released on limited-edition vinyl on

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, it eventually became available on digital streaming services later that month to accommodate demand. A digital single, "This is Party Man", was released before the album. It is a new version of the song and features new lyrics from Peter Gabriel. A video for "Everybird" was released on 12 July 2019 featuring footage from the animated film for which it was originally created. In May 2020 it was announced that the album would be made available for general release on vinyl and CD on 12 June 2020.

Critical reception

Cyrille Delanlssays of ''Amarok Magazine'' wrote, "without being essential, ''Rated PG'' is an uneven but exciting album in the journey it offers."

Track listing

Omissions

Peter Gabriel songs from film soundtracks that are not included on this compilation, ''

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'' (1984) * "While The Earth Sleeps" (

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& Peter Gabriel) from '' Strange Days'' (1995) * " Shaking the Tree (02 remix)" (Peter Gabriel &

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'' (2014) It furthermore does not include any material from Gabriel's scores for '' Birdy'', '' The Last Temptation of Christ'', and ''

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'', each of which had previously been released as albums. See Peter Gabriel discography for full list of songs from film soundtracks.

Personnel

– vocals, production (2–10), arrangement (4) *

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– vocals (1) *

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– vocals (2) * The Worldbeaters (3) *

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vocal arrangement (8)

Technical personnel

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– production (1, 4) *

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– L.A. Sessions production (2) * Richard Chappell – recording (2), engineering (3, 4, 8, 9), mixing (6) * Mat Arnold – recording assistance (2) *

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– mixing (2) * George Acogny – production (3) * Rod Beale – engineering (3) *

Nick Ingman Nicholas Ingman (born 29 April 1948) is an English arranger, composer and conductor in the commercial music field. His collaborators include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Björk, and the British X-factor. Born and educated in London, Ingman move ...

– orchestration (4) * Peter Sené – engineering assistance (4) * David Bottrill – production (5) *

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– production (7) * Glenn Tommey – engineering (7) * Richard Evans – engineering (9), mixing (9) *

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– production (10), engineering (10) *

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– engineering (10)

Charts

References

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