And Close As This
1986 studio album by Peter Hammill
And Close As This | ||||
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Studio album by Peter Hammill | ||||
Released | 3 November 1986[1] | |||
Recorded | 7 August – 15 September 1986 | |||
Genre | Art rock | |||
Length | 40:06 | |||
Label | Virgin Records | |||
Producer | Peter Hammill | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Sounds | [3] |
Tentative Reviews | [4] |
And Close As This is the 15th studio album by Peter Hammill, released on Virgin Records in 1986. Each track is a song played and sung by Hammill solo at a keyboard, with the keyboard parts played in a single take. Two of the songs use a grand piano as the keyboard instrument; for the others, Hammill plays a MIDI master keyboard, using it to trigger a variety of MIDI sound modules, mainly electric piano and organ sounds. Keith Emerson collaborated as composer for the song "Empire of Delight" but did not play on the album.
Track listing
All songs written by Hammill, except where indicated:
- "Too Many of My Yesterdays" – 4:47
- "Faith" – 4:27
- "Empire of Delight" (Hammill, Keith Emerson) – 4:43
- "Silver" – 5:31
- "Beside the One You Love" – 5:12
- "Other Old Clichés" – 4:07
- "Confidence" – 6:37
- "Sleep Now" – 4:42
Personnel
- Peter Hammill – vocals, grand piano, MIDI Master keyboard
Technical
- Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Sofa Sound, Bath)
- Paul Ridout – computers, MIDI
- Arun Chakraverty – original mastering
- Anton Corbijn – photography
- Phil Smee – packaging[5]
References
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 37.
- ^ "And Close as This". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ "Sounds review". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
- ^ "Tentative Reviews review". Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ "Peter Hammill - And Close As This (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
External links
- Lyrics on Hammill's Sofa Sound website
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