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Blood of Eden
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Wikipedia article
"'Blood of Eden'" is the third single from English rock musician Peter Gabriel's 1992 album 'Us', featuring backing vocals by Sinad O'Connor. It narrowly failed to break the UK top 40.
The single has two b-side tracks: A remix of "Mercy Street" (originally from Gabriel's previous studio album 'So', released in 1986) by William Orbit and an earlier version of the a-side. This version had originally appeared in the Wim Wenders film 'Until the End of the World' (1991) but was not included on the official soundtrack.
The female vocal part of the song was performed on the 19931994 Secret World Tour first by British musician Joy Askew, then by Sinad O'Connor for a few months, and finally by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole. Cole's duet with Gabriel was released on both the 'Secret World Live' album, as well as on the 'Secret World Live' concert film.
In 2011, Gabriel re-released the song with orchestral background on the album 'New Blood'.
Track listing (CD single)
All songs written by Peter Gabriel.
# "Blood of Eden" (album version) 6:33
# "Mercy Street" (William Orbit mix) 8:00
# "Blood of Eden" (Special mix for Wim Wenders' 'Until the End of the World') 6:15
Personnel
* Peter Gabriel lead vocals, keyboards, keyboard bass
* Tony Levin bass guitars
* David Rhodes 12-string guitars
* David Bottrill programming
;Additional musicians
* Daniel Lanois hi-hat, backing vocals
* Richard Blair additional programming
* Levon Minassian duoduok
* Sinad O'Connor backing vocals
* Shankar violin
* Gus Isidore bridge guitars
* Richard Chappell bridge section mix
References
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