Peter Gabriel - Hit Disc 1: Hit (2003)

Hit, also known as Peter Gabriel: The Definitive Two CD Collection, is a 2003 compilation album of songs by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It reached No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 100 in the US. Disc one is labelled Hit and disc two Miss, reflecting the first disc which comprises Gabriel's best known chart singles and the second featuring his more obscure material.

The two-disc set is different in the UK and US because of the second disc. The second disc in the US spans fourteen songs by Gabriel, whilst the UK second disc features fifteen songs. Only some of these appeared on the US version. The UK version collects at least one track from every studio album by Gabriel, including soundtracks, except for Birdy, which is the only album not represented by a track.

The album is Gabriel's first compilation album since 1990's Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats.

Disc One Tracklist:
Standard edition

1. Solsbury Hill 0:00 - from Peter Gabriel 1 (Car), 1977
2. Shock the Monkey (single edit) 4:22 - from Peter Gabriel 4 (Security), 1982
3. Sledgehammer (single edit) 8:22 - from So, 1986
4. Don't Give Up (edited version) 13:13 - from So
5. Games Without Frontiers (single edit) (*) 19:09 - from Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt), 1980
6. Big Time 23:06 - from So
7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down 27:34 - Previously unreleased single version, 2003, album version released later on Big Blue Ball, 2008
8. Growing Up (Tom Lord-Alge mix) 33:01 - Originally from Up, 2002
9. Digging in the Dirt 37:49 - from Us, 1992
10. Blood of Eden (radio edit) 43:07- from Us
11. More Than This (radio edit) 48:12 - from Up
12. Biko (edited version) 52:46 - from Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)
13. Steam (**) 59:45 - from Us
14. Red Rain 1:05:47 - from So
15. Here Comes the Flood (1990 version) 1:11:26 - from Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats, 1990; originally from Peter Gabriel 1 (Car)

*This is the single release with a more radio-friendly repeat of the line "Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle" from the first chorus.

**While labelled as the radio edit in the liner notes, "Steam" is actually the same length as its album version.

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