The Future Now

The Future Now
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released September 1978
Recorded 18 March - 26 April 1978
Sofa Sound
Genre Art rock
Label Charisma Records
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 Peter Hammill with half of his moustache and beard shaven.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Hammill.

  1. "Pushing Thirty"
  2. "The Second Hand"
  3. "Trappings"
  4. "The Mousetrap (Caught In)"
  5. "Energy Vampires"
  6. "If I Could"
  7. "The Future Now"
  8. "Still In The Dark"
  9. "Mediaevil"
  10. "A Motor-bike in Afrika"
  11. "The Cut"
  12. "Palinurus (Castaway)"
Bonus tracks
Recorded live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, on 16 February 1978
  1. "If I Could"
  2. "The Mousetrap (Caught In)"

Personnel

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