Notes and Legacy
When the album was remastered in 2003 with most of Gabriel's catalogue, the song "In Your Eyes" was moved from the fifth song to the ninth song. This was what Peter Gabriel originally intended, but because of the limitations of the vinyl release format it was moved up to be the first track on side two.
The songs "Red Rain", "Sledgehammer", "Don't Give Up", "Mercy Street", and "We Do What We're Told" were featured in episodes of the TV series Miami Vice.
The song "Mercy Street" was featured in the opening sequence of 1991 Brazilian soap opera O Sorriso do Lagarto.
In 1998, Q magazine readers voted So the 81st greatest album of all time. In 2001, the TV network VH1 placed it at number 91. Rolling Stone magazine places the album at 187 on its list of 500 greatest albums of all time and #14 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of The 80's survey. It was also included in College Music Journal's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time" and ranked #1 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986". The album came fifth in Kerrang! magazine's Albums Of The Year 1986. Slant Magazine listed the album at #41 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980's".
The success of the album earned Peter Gabriel two awards at the Brit Awards in 1987: Best British Male Solo Artist and Best British Video for "Sledgehammer". The album also received four Grammy Award nominations: Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, Record of the Year (all for "Sledgehammer"), and Album of the Year.
In 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment used "Big Time" as the main theme song for Wrestlemania 22.
The album's production has been profiled in the Classic Albums series.
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