10 Greatest Career Resurrections In Rock History

5. Peter Gabriel

If there was anyone from the prog world that should have been destined to be a solo star, most people probably had their money on Peter Gabriel. After all, his amazing stage act with Genesis was already putting them on the front of music tabloids across England, so why should his solo career be any different? Then Phil Collins took over for Gabriel and things went dark.

Aside from his 4 self-titled solo projects and working with some of the biggest names in prog like Robert Fripp, Gabriel was not getting near the same amount of attention as he did in his prime, only being able to notch up respectable positions with songs like Solsbury Hill and Games Without Frontiers. This was just building to something greater, and we all got a taste of what that was on So.

Being one of the staples of the golden age of MTV, Gabriel's 5th outing seemed to be prog on pop's terms, as he took his unique approach to different styles and put it in a delectable package on songs like Sledgehammer and Don't Give Up. Also, anyone who wrote something like In Your Eyes deserves credit for giving the world something so beautiful. Genesis may have annihilated the competition in the '80s, but their estranged frontman still knew how to play the game of pop as well.