And Close As This

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.

And Close As This
Studio album by
Peter Hammill
ReleasedNovember 1986
Recorded7 August - 15 September 1986
GenreArt rock
Length40:06
LabelVirgin Records
ProducerPeter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
Skin
(1986)		 And Close As This
(1986)		 Spur of the Moment
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Sounds[2]
Tentative Reviews[3]

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
  • Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Sofa Sound, Bath)
  • Paul Ridout – computers, MIDI
  • Arun Chakraverty – original mastering
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Phil Smee – packaging[4]

References
  1. "And Close as This". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  2. "Sounds review". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  3. "Tentative Reviews review". Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  4. "Peter Hammill - And Close As This (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  • Lyrics on Hammill's Sofa Sound website
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