OVO (also released as OVO: The Millennium Show) is a soundtrack album (although not in reference to a film) by English singer-songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel and his eleventh album overall. It was released on 12 June 2000 by Real World Records as the commissioned work to the Millennium Dome Show, a multimedia performance show that ran 999 times at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London between 1 January and 31 December 2000.
Tracklist:
00:00 The Story of OVO
05:21 Low Light
11:58 The Time of the Turning
17:04 The Man Who Loved the Earth/The Hand That Sold Shadows
21:19 The Time of the Turning (Reprise)/The Weaver's Reel
26:56 Father, Son
31:52 The Tower That Ate People
36:42 Revenge
38:12 White Ashes
40:47 Downside-Up
46:52 The Nest That Sailed the Sky
51:58 Make Tomorrow
Personnel
The numbers in brackets refer to the single CD edition.
Peter Gabriel – production, vocals (1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12), keyboard (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, "The Tree That Went Up"), percussion (1, 4), drone treatments (2), tanpura (2), piano (2, 6, 12), synthesizer (2, 6, 11, 12), string arrangements (2, 3, 10–12, "The Tree That Went Up"), piano loops (3), hammer dulcimer treatments (3), crotales (3, 4), African percussion (3, 5), claps (4), strings (5), synth bass (5, 10), brass arrangements (5, 6), treatments (7), keyboard bass (7, 12), keyboard treatments (8), bass (9), backing vocals (10), programming (10, 12), surdu (10, "The Tree That Went Up"), Peruvian drum (10), synth guitar (10), calliope (12)
Simon Emmerson – production (5b), drum programming (5), bells (5), finger cymbals (5)
Brian Transeau – production (12), programming (7), fills (7), chorus guitar (7), string arrangements (12), drum programming (12), nord programming (12), bass (12)
Richard Chappell – engineering, programming, mixing (1, 4a, 7–9), treatments (1, 4, 7, 9), drum programming (1, 3, 4, 7–9, "The Tree That Went Up"), loops (7), end toms (7)
Richard Evans – engineering, programming, mixing (1–3, 4b–6, 10–12, "The Tree That Went Up"), synthesizer (1), nord bass (2), treatments (3, 11), guitar loops (3), mandola (3, 5, 12), flute (3, 5), hammer dulcimer (3), crotales (4), claps (4), bass (5), drum programming (5, "The Tree That Went Up"), shaker (5), 12 string electric guitar (10, 12), 12 string acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (12), percussion (12)
Edel Griffith – additional engineering
Alan Coleman – additional engineering
Neneh Cherry – rap (1)
Rasco – rap (1)
Ganga Giri – didgeridoo (1, 4)
The Dhol Foundation – dhol drums (1, 4, 5, 8, 10, "The Tree That Went Up")
Johnny Kalsi – master drums (1, 4, 8, 10, "The Tree That Went Up"), dhol drum (5), tabla (5)
Jim Barr – bass (1, 4), upright bass (12), 12 string acoustic guitar (12)
Hossam Ramzy – finger cymbals (1, 4), dufs (1), tabla (4), crotales (4)
James McNally – bodhran (1, 4, 5), whistle (4, 5), piano accordion
Iarla Ó Lionáird – vocals (2)
+++ Description, Tracklist and Timecodes by Alexander4History +++
