In Camera (album)
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| In Camera | ||
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| Studio album by Peter Hammill | ||
| Released | 1974 | |
| Recorded | December 1973 - April 1974 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 47:34 | |
| Label | Charisma | |
| Producer(s) | Peter Hammill | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Peter Hammill chronology | ||
| The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (1974) |
In Camera (1974) |
Nadir's Big Chance (1975) |
In Camera was the fourth solo album from the English singer-songwriter Peter Hammill. It was released in 1974. Much of the material was recorded in Hammill's home studio on simple four-track equipment. He then took the tapes to Trident Studios, where additional elements such as drumming from Van der Graaf Generator colleague Guy Evans, and layers of ARP 2600 analogue synthesizer were added. The album has a dark, gothic, claustrophic feel, with the lyrics laced with apocalyptic, religious and existential imagery. "Gog" is a particularly intense and demonic song, featuring (even by Hammill's standards) strident and aggressive vocals, grandiose harmonium chords, and powerful drumming. This segués into "Magog", which is virtually a musique concrete piece of sinister drones, percussive noises, and including a ring modulated spoken vocal.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Peter Hammill
- "Ferret and the Featherbird" – 3:43
- "(No More) the Sub-mariner" – 5:47
- "Tapeworm" – 4:20
- "Again" – 3:44
- "Faint-Heart and the Sermon" – 6:42
- "The Comet, the Course, the Tail" – 6:00
- "Gog"
- "Magog (in Bromine Chambers)"
- 7 and 8 are typically combined into one track with a total time of – 17:21
[edit] Personnel
- Peter Hammill – Guitar, bass guitar, piano, harmonium, ARP 2600 synthesizer, mellotron, vocals
- Guy Evans – Drums on 3 and 7
- Chris Judge Smith – percussion, backing vocals on 8
- Paul Whitehead – percussion on 8
