Blood of Eden
Encyclopedia
"Blood of Eden" is the third single from Peter Gabriel
's 1992 album, Us
. The track includes backing vocals from Sinéad O'Connor
but narrowly failed to break the UK top 40.
.
film Until the End of the World
before Peter Gabriel's album Us
is released. However, that version was never released on the soundtrack for the film or in any other form until the "Blood of Eden" single, where it appears as a b-side.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
's 1992 album, Us
Us (Peter Gabriel album)
Us is the sixth studio album by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, originally released in 1992. It was remastered, with most of Gabriel's catalogue, in 2002...
. The track includes backing vocals from Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
but narrowly failed to break the UK top 40.
Track listing
All songs written by Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
.
- "Blood of Eden (Album Version)" – 6:35
- "Mercy Street" (William Orbit mix) – 8:00
- "Blood of Eden (Special Mix for Wim Wenders' "Until the End of the World)" – 6:15
History
An earlier version of the song "Blood of Eden" appears in the Wim WendersWim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
film Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World is a 1991 film by the German film director Wim Wenders; the screenplay was written by Wenders and Peter Carey, from a story by Wenders and Solveig Dommartin. An initial draft of the screenplay was written by American filmmaker Michael Almereyda...
before Peter Gabriel's album Us
Us (Peter Gabriel album)
Us is the sixth studio album by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, originally released in 1992. It was remastered, with most of Gabriel's catalogue, in 2002...
is released. However, that version was never released on the soundtrack for the film or in any other form until the "Blood of Eden" single, where it appears as a b-side.