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In an interview, [[wikipedia:Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel]] summed up "Supper's Ready" as "a personal journey which ends up walking through scenes from [[wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Revelation]] in the Bible... I'll leave it at that".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thatericalper.com/2013/12/22/peter-gabriels-isolated-vocal-from-genesis-suppers-ready/ |title=Peter Gabriel's Isolated Vocal from Genesis' "Supper's Ready" |last=Alper |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Alper |date=December 22, 2013 |website=That Eric Alper |access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/the-100-best-classic-progressive-rock-songs-part-5-20-1-2495396221.html?rebelltpage=2 |title=The 100 Best Classic Progressive Rock Songs: Part 5, 20-1 |last=Murphy |first=Sean |date=March 31, 2017 |website=[[wikipedia:PopMatters|PopMatters]] |access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref> He was also quoted in the book ''I Know What I Like'' by [[wikipedia:Armando Gallo|Armando Gallo]] as saying that the song was influenced by an experience his wife had of sleeping in a purple room, and the nightmares it gave her.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQbF9lTBwgC&pg=PA290 |title=The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition |date=2007 |publisher=Canongate Books |isbn=9781847676436 |page=290}}</ref><ref>Peter Gabriel in radio interview on the programme "Rockline", 92.3FM KROCK, NYC, 16 June 1986.</ref> [[wikipedia:AllMusic|AllMusic]] has described the song as the band's "undisputed masterpiece".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/song/suppers-ready-mt0006960684 |title= Song Review by François Couture |publisher=AllMusic |first=Francois |last=Couture |access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref>
In an interview, [[wikipedia:Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel]] summed up "Supper's Ready" as "a personal journey which ends up walking through scenes from [[wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Revelation]] in the Bible... I'll leave it at that".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thatericalper.com/2013/12/22/peter-gabriels-isolated-vocal-from-genesis-suppers-ready/ |title=Peter Gabriel's Isolated Vocal from Genesis' "Supper's Ready" |last=Alper |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Alper |date=December 22, 2013 |website=That Eric Alper |access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/the-100-best-classic-progressive-rock-songs-part-5-20-1-2495396221.html?rebelltpage=2 |title=The 100 Best Classic Progressive Rock Songs: Part 5, 20-1 |last=Murphy |first=Sean |date=March 31, 2017 |website=[[wikipedia:PopMatters|PopMatters]] |access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref> He was also quoted in the book ''I Know What I Like'' by [[wikipedia:Armando Gallo|Armando Gallo]] as saying that the song was influenced by an experience his wife had of sleeping in a purple room, and the nightmares it gave her.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQbF9lTBwgC&pg=PA290 |title=The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition |date=2007 |publisher=Canongate Books |isbn=9781847676436 |page=290}}</ref><ref>Peter Gabriel in radio interview on the programme "Rockline", 92.3FM KROCK, NYC, 16 June 1986.</ref> [[wikipedia:AllMusic|AllMusic]] has described the song as the band's "undisputed masterpiece".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/song/suppers-ready-mt0006960684 |title= Song Review by François Couture |publisher=AllMusic |first=Francois |last=Couture |access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref>
The "Supper" referred to can call to mind the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples.


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