Veteran prog-rocker Peter Gabriel's first studio album in a decade may disappoint those expecting the big choruses that helped make him a late-blooming pop star. But those who value the emotional nakedness of his best work will find much to treasure on Up. ''The Barry Williams Show'' is a muddled stab at social criticism, but Gabriel's on firmer ground when looking inward, confronting psychic scars with cathartic insight on tunes like ''Darkness'' and ''No Way Out.''
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