The Future Now
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| Studio album by Peter Hammill | |||||
| Released | September 1978 | ||||
| Recorded | 18th March - 26th April 1978, Sofa Sound | ||||
| Genre | Art rock | ||||
| Label | Charisma | ||||
| Producer | Peter Hammill | ||||
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The Future Now is an album by Peter Hammill, released on Charisma Records in 1978. It was the first solo album Hammill released following the 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, and their live album Vital.
The album cover shows a set of photographs by Brian Griffin portraying Hammill with half of his beard shaven.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Peter Hammill.
- "Pushing Thirty"
- "The Second Hand"
- "Trappings"
- "The Mousetrap"
- "Energy Vampires"
- "If I Could"
- "The Future Now"
- "Still In The Dark"
- "Mediaevil"
- "A Motor-bike in Afrika"
- "The Cut"
- "Palinurus (Castaway)"
Bonus tracks Recorded live at The All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA on 16th February 1978
- "If I Could"
- "The Mousetrap (Caught In)"
[edit] Personnel
- Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
- David Jackson - saxophone
- Graham Smith - violin
