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Track listing

# "The Liquidator" (Hammill) – 5:24 # "Rift Valley" (Hammill, Jackson, Evans) – 4:40 # "Tarzan" (Hammill, Jackson, Evans, Banton) – 2:09 # "Coil Night" (Jackson) – 4:12 # "Time Vaults" (uncredited) – 3:33 # "Drift (I Hope It Won't)" (Banton) – 2:40 # "Roncevaux" (Hammill) – 6:55 # "It All Went Red" (on some pressings incorrectly called "It All Went Up") (Hammill) – 4:07 # "Faint and Forsaken" (Hammill) – 2:45 # "Black Room" (Hammill) – 8:52

Personnel

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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 ...

– vocals, guitar, piano, bass * David Jackson – saxophone, piano *

Hugh Banton Hugh Robert Banton (born April 1949) is a British musician and electronic organ builder, most widely known for playing organ and keyboards with the group Van der Graaf Generator. Career Banton was born in April 1949 in Yeovil, Somerset, into a ...

– organ, bass *

Guy Evans Guy Randolph Evans (born 17 June 1947) is an English drummer and a member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Career Whilst at the University of Warwick (1965–68), Evans played in the university band which was called The ...

– drums

References

{{Authority control Van der Graaf Generator albums 1982 albums Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios