Roaring Forties (album)
Roaring Forties is the 21st studio album by Peter Hammill, released on his own Fie! label in 1994. It, and the following album, X My Heart, are Hammill's most recent albums that primarily contain an organic, full-band rock style. While there are occasional tracks on later albums in this style, Hammill's principal mode has moved since this album towards a more intimate, chamber-music style.
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| Released | September 1994 | |||
| Recorded | August 1993-May 1994 | |||
| Genre | Art rock | |||
| Length | 48:19 | |||
| Label | Fie! | |||
| Producer | Peter Hammill | |||
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The album also contains "A Headlong Stretch", one of Hammill's occasional long, episodic song suites (see also "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" from Pawn Hearts and "Flight" from A Black Box).
Track listing
- "Sharply Unclear" - 5:42
- "The Gift of Fire (Talk Turkey)" - 8:31
- "You Can't Want What You Always Get" - 9:36
- "A Headlong Stretch" - 19:32
- Up Ahead
- Continental Drift
- The Twelve
- Long Light
- Backwards Man
- As You Were
- Or So I Said
- "Your Tall Ship" - 4:58
Personnel
- Peter Hammill - guitar, piano, vocals
- Nic Potter - bass on "Sharply Unclear" and "You Can't Want What You Always Get"
- Stuart Gordon - violin
- Simon Clark - organ on "The Gift of Fire"
- David Jackson - saxophone, flute
- Manny Elias - drums, percussion
Technical
- Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Terra Incognita, Bath)
- Paul Ridout - design, photography
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References
- Sinclair, Ali. Roaring Forties at AllMusic
- Barton, Geoff (February 2010). "Peter Hammill - Roaring Forties". Classic Rock. No. 141. p. 93.
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