Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel II [Scratch] (1978)

My favorite post-Genesis solo Peter Gabriel album tends to rotate among the first three self-titled records (though the fourth, Security, is right behind; I'm much less enamored of his big breakthrough, So, despite--or maybe because of--its immense popularity). I think the second, nicknamed Scratch owing to its cover art, is the most eclectic, perhaps lacking the killer stand-out track of the debut's "Solsbury Hill" but still packed with some excellent songs.

The album was produced by Robert Frip...