Peter Gabriel - Big Time (Virgin)

More fun and games from the nicest man of all at the BPI awards. He still sings a bit like Phil Collins (or is it the other way around?) and though this is not quite as immediately striking as "Sledgehammer", it's just as funky, and proves yet again that there is life after Jonathan King. (Barry McIlheney, Smash Hits, March 11, 1987)

Hasn't this been out for ages? I just don't think that serious music listeners are going to be fooled by this. "Red Rain" was much better. This goes on forever and sounds very smarty-pants - lots of musicians and things happening in the background, trying to make it sound interesting. It should never have been released as a single. (Owen Paul, No 1, March 28, 1987)

Peter Gabriel - I Have The Touch (Charisma)

Methinks Mr Gabriel has lost his acute sense of drama in his wanderings through ethnic musical styles. His invention and melodic touch, his previous strength, doesn't hold the attention with the ease of yore. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, December 4, 1982)

A sequel to the wonderful "Shock The Monkey" and an even closer look at the absurdities of human behaviour. This time it's all the daft things people do when getting nervous at parties that comes under the microscope, uneasily backed by lots of brittle drum sounds. Have we progressed much since Quest For Fire? Not according to this. (Ian Birch, Smash Hits, January 1983)