''Roaring Forties'' is the 21st studio album by
Peter Hammill
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (born 5 November 1948) is an English musician and recording artist. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer/songwriter, he also plays guitar and piano and ...
, 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. The Roaring Forties is a name given, especially by sailors, to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S, so called because of the boisterous and prevailing westerly winds.
The album also contains "A Headlong Stretch", one of Hammill's occasional long, episodic song suites (see also "
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" is a song by the English rock band Van der Graaf Generator, from their fourth album ''Pawn Hearts'' (1971). It is a concept piece over 23 minutes long, which comprises the whole B-side of the album. "A Plague of ...
" from ''
Pawn Hearts
''Pawn Hearts'' is the fourth album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in October 1971 on Charisma Records. The original album features just three tracks, including the side-long suite "A Plague of Lighthouse Kee ...
'' and "Flight" from ''
A Black Box
''A Black Box'' is the ninth studio album by Peter Hammill, originally released on S-Type Records in August 1980.
Hammill performed nearly all the instrumentation himself, including the drum parts, a task he had first undertaken on his previou ...
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Peter Hammill
#"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
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- 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
Manny Elias (born 21 February 1953) is an Indian drummer and record producer of British descent. He is notable for being the original drummer with Tears for Fears during the 1980s.
Originally a member of the rock band Interview from Bathford, ...
- drums, percussion
Technical
*Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Terra Incognita, Bath)
*Paul Ridout - design, photography
References
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Peter Hammill albums
1994 albums