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This effect, as created by Collins and Hugh Padgham, was featured on Collins' recordings throughout the 1980s. In particular, Collins played drums on "Intruder", which has been cited as the first use of Collins' " gated drum" sound. Gabriel's ex-Genesis bandmate Phil Collins, who succeeded Gabriel as Genesis' lead vocalist, plays drums and provides backing vocals on several of the album's tracks. Geffen re-issued the album in 1983 after Mercury's distribution rights to the album lapsed, and has marketed it in the U.S. By the time the album was released by Mercury several months later, Kalodner, now working for the newly-formed Geffen Records label and having realized his mistake, arranged for Geffen to pursue Gabriel as one of their first artist signings. Upon hearing mixes of the album's session tapes in early 1980, Atlantic A&R executive John Kalodner deemed the album not commercial enough for release, and recommended that Atlantic drop Gabriel from their artist roster. distribution for Gabriel's first two solo albums and his last two albums with Genesis. The album was Gabriel's first and only release for Mercury Records in the U.S., after being rejected by Atlantic Records, who handled U.S. (Thorgerson does not recall whether he or Gabriel manipulated the image.) The photo was taken with a Polaroid SX-70 instant camera, and subsequently modified by Thorgerson or Gabriel. This album is often referred to as Melt due to its cover photograph by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis. The album was remastered, along with most of Gabriel's catalog, in 2002. Top 10 hit " Games Without Frontiers" and the political song " Biko", about the late anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. The album contains two of Gabriel's most famous songs, the U.K. Peter Gabriel is Peter Gabriel's third album.