{"product_id":"peter-gabriel-sledgehammer","title":"Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer [12\" Zoetrope]","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eSledgehammer was the first single to be taken from Peter Gabriel's fifth solo studio album So, and was originally released on 21 April, 1986. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA top five single in the UK and a Hot 100 #1 single in the USA, Sledgehammer - with it's multi-award winning video, directed by Stephen R Johnson - heralded Gabriel's shift into the mainstream consciousness and provided a first indication of the album So's irresistible marriage of the artistic and the commercial. \"I'd been revisiting my childhood obsession with 1960s soul music and was even considering doing a full album of covers, but instead I wrote Sledgehammer as more of a tribute to singers like Otis Redding. This was the end of the idea of me being a sort of cult artist at the fringes of the mainstream. There wasn't an option to go and hide in the shadows anymore.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExclusive for Record Store Day 2026, Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer single is being re-issue to celebrate it's 40th anniversary. The music replicates the original Sledgehammer 12\" release but comes as a zoetrope picture disc, using images taken from the ground-breaking video. Limited to 2,000 US copies!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat \/ \u003cb\u003e12\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReleased \/ \u003cstrong\u003e04\/18\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatalogue \/ \u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eRWPL-801845\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarcode \/ \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e884108018453\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Gabriel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel \/ \u003cstrong\u003eReal World Prod Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenre \/ \u003cstrong\u003ePop \/ Rock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WEA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43053656506429,"sku":"POP-G-884108018453","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1487\/4550\/files\/418467310345_284.webp?v=1774036053","url":"https:\/\/www.plaidroomrecords.com\/products\/peter-gabriel-sledgehammer","provider":"Plaid Room Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}