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It's all songs considered from NPR Music. I'm Robin Hilton. All throughout this year in

2023 Peter Gabriel has been releasing a new song on every full moon and

He's also released an alternate mix of each of those songs on every new moon. Now on December 1st, those songs are

being released as a 12 track album called I.O. It stands for input, output. So, eyes, swollen skies.

Look for anchors, look for ties.

Sharp sound swim around soak into the brittle ground.

Been so many days

days held inside this body.

So many days, there's so many days

that there's nothing to do.

So many days. There's nothing to do

So many days in the throbbing of the darkness In so many days I've been waiting for you

Back here's a one I've been waiting for you back in the world

waking up the road to joy.

This is Peter Gabriel's first new studio album of all new songs in more than 20 years.

So to mark the occasion, this week we're revisiting a guest DJ session we did with Gabriel when he was touring for the 25th anniversary of his landmark album So,

the conversation between Peter Gabriel and Bob Boylan took place backstage on the last performance of the tour.

Gabriel began by talking about the first album he ever bought as a kid.

Well, music was my mother's passion and so...

Was she a player?

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