Skin (Peter Hammill album)

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Skin
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Studio album by
Peter Hammill
ReleasedMarch 1986
Recorded1985
StudioSofa Sound and The Wool Hall
Genre Art rock
Length38:21
Label Foundry
Producer Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
The Margin
(1985)		Skin
(1986)		 And Close As This
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Melody Maker (bent on success) [2]
Vox (challenging) [3]

Skin is the 14th studio album by Peter Hammill, originally released on vinyl on Foundry Records in 1986 and later re-released on CD on Virgin Records.

Contents

The album was notable for spawning a Peter Hammill single, "Painting by Numbers". The B-side was the non-album track "You Hit Me Where I Live".

The album sees Hammill employing the Yamaha DX7, the first commercially successful digital synthesiser, an instrument which was typical for the sound of the 1980s and which he plays until today. He also made use of an Emu Drumulator drum machine.

Track listing

All songs by Peter Hammill, except where indicated.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Skin"4:12
2."After The Show"4:15
3."Painting By Number"4:00
4."Shell"4:10
5."All Said And Done"3:35
Total length:20:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."A Perfect Date" 4:10
7."Four Pails" Chris Judge Smith, Max Hutchinson4:24
8."Now Lover" 9:45
Total length:18:09

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Skin > Review )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Peter Hammill Concerts". www.couchnoise.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Vox review
  4. 1 2 "allmusic ((( Skin > Credits )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
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