And Close As This

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And Close As This
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Studio album by
Released3 November 1986 [1]
Recorded7 August – 15 September 1986
Genre Art rock
Length40:06
Label Virgin Records
Producer Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
Skin
(1986)
And Close As This
(1986)
Spur of the Moment
(1988)
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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.

Contents

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

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  4. "Tentative Reviews review". Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
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