Passion (Peter Gabriel album)

Passion (re-released as Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ) is an album released in 1989 by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel. It was the first Peter Gabriel album to be released on Real World Records. It is his second soundtrack and eighth album overall. It was originally composed as the soundtrack album for the film The Last Temptation of Christ, but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release further developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of a movie soundtrack. It is seen as a landmark in the popularisation of world music, and won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1990. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.

Passion
Soundtrack album / Studio album by Peter Gabriel
Released	5 June 1989
Recorded	February 1988 – March 1989
Studio	Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire
Genre	World, new-age
Length	67:03
Label	Geffen (US & Canada) Virgin Real World
Producer	Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel chronology
So (1986) Passion (1989) Shaking the Tree (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[5]
Q	[6]
Record Collector	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]

Overview

As the soundtrack for the film, Gabriel used the resources of the organization he founded, WOMAD, to bring together musicians from the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South Asia. He worked with them to create music meant to enhance the mood of the film, but also added a modern ambient musical touch to the original pieces, producing a musical work that has influenced many musicians in the years since its release. Passion introduced many listeners to such artists as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour, L. Shankar, and Baaba Maal.

Later in the year a companion album was released, Passion – Sources, featuring additional songs on which Gabriel does not perform. Gabriel described this album as "a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration, and location recordings."

The cover art for the album, Drawing study for Self Image II (1987), is a mixed media composition by the artist Julian Grater.[10] When re-released, the album was titled Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ due to "legal barriers" according to Gabriel in its liner notes.[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Gabriel except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Feeling Begins"	4:00
2.	"Gethsemane"	1:26
3.	"Of These, Hope"	3:55
4.	"Lazarus Raised"	1:26
5.	"Of These, Hope – Reprise"	2:44
6.	"In Doubt"	1:33
7.	"A Different Drum"	4:40

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Zaar"		4:53
9.	"Troubled"		2:55
10.	"Open"	Gabriel, L. Shankar	3:27
11.	"Before Night Falls"		2:18
12.	"With This Love"		3:40

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Sandstorm"		3:02
14.	"Stigmata"	Gabriel, Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh	2:28
15.	"Passion"		7:39
16.	"With This Love (Choir)"		3:20

Side four

No.	Title	Length
17.	"Wall of Breath"	2:29
18.	"The Promise of Shadows"	2:13
19.	"Disturbed"	3:35
20.	"It Is Accomplished"	2:55
21.	"Bread and Wine"	2:21

Personnel

1. "The Feeling Begins"
   • Manny Elias – octabans, surdo, skins
   • Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
   • Peter Gabriel – synthesizers, shakers, skins, surdo
   • David Bottrill – drone mix
   • David Rhodes – guitar
   • L. Shankar – double violin
   • Vatche Housepian – Armenian doudouk
   • Antranik Askarian – Armenian doudouk

   The doudouk is playing an Armenian melody, "The Wind Subsides". (Armenian doudouks recorded for Ocora Records under the direction of Robert Ataian.)

2. "Gethsemane"
   • Peter Gabriel – flute samples, flute, voices
3. "Of These, Hope"
   • Massamba Diop – talking drum
   • Peter Gabriel – bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
   • L. Shankar – double violin
   • David Rhodes – guitar
   • Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
4. "Lazarus Raised"
   • (Players unknown) – Kurdish duduk & tenbur
   • David Rhodes – guitars
   • Peter Gabriel – piano, Akai S900

   This piece incorporates a traditional melody from Kurdistan telling of the unhappy love of a young girl for Bave Seyro, a legendary warrior. (Kurdish duduks are from UNESCO Collection – A Musical Anthology of the Orient, general editor Alain Danielou for Musicaphon Records.)

5. "Of These, Hope – Reprise"
   • Massamba Diop – talking drum
   • Peter Gabriel – bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
   • L. Shankar – double violin
   • David Rhodes – guitar
   • Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
   • Baaba Maal – vocals
   • Fatala – additional percussion
6. "In Doubt"
   • Peter Gabriel – Audioframe, Fairlight samples, vocals
   • Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
7. "A Different Drum"
   • Doudou N'Diaye Rose – percussion loop (four bars)
   • Fatala – percussion loop (three bars)
   • Peter Gabriel – surdo, percussion, Audioframe, Prophet 5, voice
   • L. Shankar – double violin
   • Youssou N'Dour – voice
   • David Sancious – backing vocals
8. "Zaar"
   • Hossam Ramzy – tambourines, dufs, tabla, finger cymbals, triangle
   • Peter Gabriel – surdo, additional percussion, Audioframe, Akai S900, voice
   • Nathan East – bass
   • David Rhodes – guitar
   • Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
   • L. Shankar – double violin
9. "Troubled"
   • Bill Cobham – drums, percussion
   • Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals
   • Peter Gabriel – percussion, Fairlight, Emulator, backing vocals
   • David Sancious – backing vocals
10. "Open"
    • Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, Akai S900, vocals
    • L. Shankar – double violin, vocals
11. "Before Night Falls"
    • Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
    • Kudsi Erguner – ney flute (playing a traditional Armenian melody)
    • L. Shankar – double violin

    The Ney flute is playing a traditional Armenian melody.

12. "With This Love"
    • Robin Canter – oboe, cor Anglais
    • L. Shankar – double violin
    • David Sancious – Akai S900, synthesizer arrangement
    • Peter Gabriel – Audioframe, Fairlight, piano, Prophet 5, synthesizer arrangement
13. "Sandstorm"
    • Location Recording – Moroccan percussion & vocals
    • Hossam Ramzy – surdo, tabla, tambourine dufs, mazhar
    • Manu Katché – additional percussion
    • Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
    • L. Shankar – double violin
    • Peter Gabriel – Fairlight
14. "Stigmata"
    • Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché
    • Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, voice

    Based on an improvisation by Mahmoud and Peter Gabriel

15. "Passion"
    • Djalma Correa – Brazilian percussion
    • Jon Hassell – trumpet
    • Peter Gabriel – Prophet 5, Akai S900, Fairlight, voice
    • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Qawwali voice
    • L. Shankar – double violin
    • Youssou N'Dour – voice
    • Julian Wilkins – choirboy
16. "With This Love (Choir)"
    • Robin Canter – cor anglais
    • Richard Evans – choir recording
17. "Wall of Breath"
    • Kudsi Erguner – Turkish ney flute
    • L. Shankar – double violin
    • Musicians Du Nil – arghul
    • David Rhodes – Ebow guitar
    • Peter Gabriel – synthesizers
18. "The Promise of Shadows"
    • Bill Cobham – drum kit
    • David Bottrill – lead tambourine
    • Peter Gabriel – Emulator, Prophet 5, Audioframe, additional percussion
    • David Rhodes – guitar
19. "Disturbed"
    • Hossam Ramzy – surdo, tabla
    • Mustafa Abdel Aziz – percussion loop
    • Said Mohammad Aly – percussion loop
    • Fatala – African percussion
    • L. Shankar – double violin
    • Peter Gabriel – Fairlight, Prophet 5
20. "It Is Accomplished"
    • Bill Cobham – drums, tambourine
    • David Bottrill – tambourine 2, distorted slide
    • Nathan East – bass
    • Mustafa Abdel Aziz – arghul drone
    • David Sancious – Hammond organ
    • David Rhodes – Steinberger guitar
    • Peter Gabriel – doholla, additional percussion, Roland D-50, piano, Prophet 5, voice
21. "Bread and Wine"
    • Peter Gabriel – contrabass, Prophet 5, voice
    • David Rhodes – EBow guitar
    • Richard Evans – tin whistle
    • L. Shankar – double violin

Notes

1. Ankeny, Jason. "Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ – Peter Gabriel". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. Heim, Chris (29 June 1989). "Peter Gabriel: Passion (Geffen)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
3. Brunner, Rob (12 July 2002). "Peter Gabriel: Passion". Entertainment Weekly: 84–85.
4. Willman, Chris (4 June 1989). "Peter Gabriel 'Passion.' Geffen". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
5. Moon, Tom (11 June 1989). "Peter Gabriel: Passion (Geffen)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
6. "Peter Gabriel: Passion". Q (191): 137. June 2002.
7. Easlea, Daryl (August 2017). "Peter Gabriel – Birdy, Passion: Music From The Last Temptation Of Christ, The Long Road Home: Music From Rabbit Proof Fence". Record Collector (469). Retrieved 7 January 2019.
8. Gutterman, Jimmy (29 June 1989). "Passion". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
9. Considine, J. D. (2004). "Peter Gabriel". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 319–20. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
10. "Artist's home page". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
11. Peter, Gabriel (2002). Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (remastered, reissued) (booklet). Europe: Real World, Virgin. p. 2. RWCDR1.

External links

• Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ at MusicBrainz