Hooverdam | ||||
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Studio album by Hugh Cornwell | ||||
Released | 2008 | |||
Recorded | Toe Rag Studios | |||
Genre | Alternative rock Post-Punk |
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Length | 39:01 | |||
Label | Invisible Hands Music | |||
Producer | Liam Watson | |||
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Hooverdam is Hugh Cornwell's 2008 album. The album was issued initially as a free digital download with a Compact Disc and vinyl version released later. A short movie entitled "Blueprint" chronicling the recording of the album had a limited release around cinemas in the UK and was released on a DVD which came with the CD. Some tracks like “Philip K. Ridiculous” and “Delightful Nightmare” echo the heavy bass lines previously present in early Stranglers records.
The night after playing Phoenix in Cornwell’s North America tour during March and August Hugh actually visited the Hoover Dam and recorded a video message there for his fans. Hugh claims he gave the album its name because the Hoover Dam is a huge feat in human engineering and that it is a monument to mankind, additionally he thinks Hitchcock should have made a film set at the Hoover Dam.
The album was cited as being one of his best yet with mainly favourable reviews, these reviews resulted in Cornwell being asked to play at certain American venues he hadn't played in since before he left The Stranglers.