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1986 studio album by Peter Hammill
And Close As This
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released3 November 1986
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)
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Allmusic
Sounds
Tentative Reviews

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:

  1. "Too Many of My Yesterdays" – 4:47
  2. "Faith" – 4:27
  3. "Empire of Delight" (Hammill, Keith Emerson) – 4:43
  4. "Silver" – 5:31
  5. "Beside the One You Love" – 5:12
  6. "Other Old Clichés" – 4:07
  7. "Confidence" – 6:37
  8. "Sleep Now" – 4:42

Personnel

Technical

  • Peter Hammill – recording engineer, mixing (Sofa Sound, Bath)
  • Paul Ridout – computers, MIDI
  • Arun Chakraverty – original mastering
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Phil Smee – packaging

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.

External links

  • Lyrics on Hammill's Sofa Sound website
Peter Hammill
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
  • "Red Shift" (1973)
  • "Birthday Special" (1975)
  • "Crying Wolf" (1977)
  • "If I Could" (1978)
  • "The Polaroid" (1979)
  • "My Experience" (1981)
  • "Paradox Drive" (1982)
  • "Film Noir" (1983)
  • "Just Good Friends" (1985)
  • "Painting by Numbers" (1986)
  • A Fix on the Mix (1992) ‎(CD, EP)
Live videos
  • In the Passionskirche (1992)
  • Live at Rockpalast - Hamburg 1981 (2016)
Compilation albums
  • Vision (1978)
  • The Love Songs (1984)
  • The Essential Collection (1986)
  • The Storm (Before the Calm) (1993)
  • The Calm (After the Storm) (1993)
  • Offensichtlich Goldfisch (1993)
  • After the Show - A Collection (1996)
  • Past Go: Collected (1996)
  • The Thin Man Sings Ballads (2002)
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