The Future Now

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The Future Now
Peter Hammill The Future Now.jpg
Studio album by
Peter Hammill
ReleasedSeptember 1978
Recorded18 March – 26 April 1978
StudioSofa Sound, Byfleet, Surrey
Genre Art rock
Length41:21
Label Charisma
Producer Peter Hammill
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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 .

Contents

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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
7."The Future Now"4:14
8."Still In The Dark"3:41
9."Mediaevil"3:07
10."A Motor-Bike In Afrika"3:11
11."The Cut"4:21
12."Palinurus (Castaway)"4:10
Total length:22:42
2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."If I Could (Live)"4:41
14."The Mousetrap (Caught In) (Live)"4:50

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Couture, François. The Future Now at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Hammill, Peter (23 October 2006). "The Future Now". Sofa Sound. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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