Peter Gabriel released "Biko" in 1980 in tribute to Steve Biko, a prominent anti-apartheid activist who was tragically killed by the South African government in 1977. But Michelle Appel, the assistant ...

When Gabriel is being clear and direct, the album can be quite moving, almost in a bring-your-hankies way. Gabriel often returns to the subject matter of taking stock in the latter part of one's life.