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The Future Now is the seventh studio album by Peter Hammill, released on Charisma Records in 1978. It was the first solo album Hammill released following the 1978 breakup of his band Van der Graaf Generator, although he had released numerous solo albums while VdGG were active. The album contains twelve short songs, several in the new wave style of VdGG's last studio album, The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome.
The album cover shows a set of photographs by Brian Griffin, portraying Peter Hammill with half of his moustache and beard shaven.
"If I Could" was re-worked for Hammill's 1984 album The Love Songs.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Peter Hammill
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Pushing Thirty"
4:21
2.
"The Second Hand"
3:29
3.
"Trappings"
3:34
4.
"The Mousetrap (Caught In)"
4:07
5.
"Energy Vampires"
2:57
6.
"If I Could"
4:43
Total length:
23:08
Side two
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Future Now"
4:14
2.
"Still In The Dark"
3:41
3.
"Mediaevil"
3:07
4.
"A Motor-Bike In Afrika"
3:11
5.
"The Cut"
4:21
6.
"Palinurus (Castaway)"
4:10
Total length:
22:42
Bonus tracks
Recorded live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, on 16 February 1978
"If I Could"
"The Mousetrap (Caught In)"
Personnel
Peter Hammill – guitars, vocals, keyboards, harmonica, electronics
