Amazon.com No "Sledgehammer" or "Big Time" here. Rather, Dream in Red is the American Rock Orchestra's soft-pedal homage to composer/performer/WOMAD honcho Peter Gabriel. Selections hearken back to Gabriel's 1980 third self-titled record with "Biko" and "Games Without Frontiers." The former, one of the era's most enduring protest anthems (immortalizing slain anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko) benefits aesthetically and contextually from the vocal line of the Los Angeles African Choir. From Gabriel's So comes "Red Rain," "Mercy Street," and "Don't Give Up." ARO's skillful musicianship fits nicely with that of the London Session Orchestra. What prevents Dream in Red from being remarkable, however, are some cheesy elements (wailing sax that is neither hot nor cool) and a dated stiffness borne of staying too close to Gabriel's original arrangements. --Paige La Grone