{"product_id":"peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-rsd-2026","title":"Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer [12\" Picture Disc Single] [RSD 2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sledgehammer\" was the first single to be taken from Peter Gabriel’s fifth solo studio album \u003cem\u003eSo\u003c\/em\u003e, and was originally released on 21 April,1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA top five single in the UK and a Hot 100 #1 single in the USA, \"Sledgehammer\" – with its multi-award winning video, directed by Stephen R Johnson – heralded Gabriel’s shift into the mainstream consciousness and provided a first indication of \u003cem\u003eSo\u003c\/em\u003e’s irresistible marriage of the artistic and the commercial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExclusive for Record Store Day 2026, Peter Gabriel’s \"Sledgehammer\" single is being re-issued to celebrate its 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1 Sledgehammer (extended mix)\u003cbr\u003eB1 Don't Break This Rhythm \u003cbr\u003eB2 I Have the Touch (85 remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 884108018453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Real World Prod. Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.18.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ADA [WEA 1-STOP ACCOUNT]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51712489193774,"sku":"n884108018453","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/7856\/0814\/files\/418467310345_1000.png?v=1770357006","url":"https:\/\/parkavecds.shop\/products\/peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-rsd-2026","provider":"Park Ave CDs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}