And Close As This

And Close As This
Studio album by
Peter Hammill
Released3 November 1986[1]
Recorded7 August – 15 September 1986
GenreArt rock
Length40:06
LabelVirgin Records
ProducerPeter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
Skin
(1986) 		And Close As This
(1986) 		Spur of the Moment
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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:

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Many Of My Yesterdays" 4:37
2."Faith" 4:17
3."Empire Of Delight"Emerson, Hammill4:3
4."Silver" 5:21
Total length:18:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Beside The One You Love"5:02
6."Other Old Clichés"3:57
7."Confidence"6:27
8."Sleep Now"4:35
Total length:20:01

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

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 37.
  2. ^ "And Close as This". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Sounds review". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  4. ^ "Tentative Reviews review". Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  5. ^ "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.
  • Lyrics on Hammill's Sofa Sound website
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