Scratch My Back !

Exclusive album preview – Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back

Let us know what you make of the first Peter Gabriel record in eight years, which covers Talking Heads, Radiohead and Bowie

For his first studio album in eight years, Peter Gabriel came up with an audacious plan. He decided to cover the work of his favourite artists and, in exchange, they would do the same for him. Scratch My Back is the first instalment of this project, and sees the 59-year-old, ex-Genesis man cover the likes of Radiohead, Talking Heads and David Bowie. The artists whose songs you hear here will be returning the favour by performing Gabriel's songs on a forthcoming album, I'll Scratch Yours.

You can hear Scratch My Back using the widget below. So has Gabriel improved on the originals here? Let us know in the comments section!

Posted by guardian.co.uk/music Wednesday 10 February 2010 11.26 GMT guardian.co.uk