In Camera (Peter Hammill album)

In Camera
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released July 1974
Recorded December 1973 - April 1974
Genre Progressive rock
Length 47:34
Label Charisma Records
Producer Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology

The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
(1974)		 In Camera
(1974)		 Nadir's Big Chance
(1975)
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In Camera is the fourth solo album from the English singer-songwriter Peter Hammill. It was released in July 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 predominantly dark, gothic, claustrophobic 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 concrète piece of sinister drones, percussive noises, and including a ring modulated spoken vocal. Songs such as "Ferret and Featherbird" and "Again" are gentler offerings, and Hammill refers to the first as "something approaching a 'sweet' song".[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Hammill

  1. "Ferret and Featherbird" – 3:43
  2. "(No More) the Sub-mariner" – 5:47
  3. "Tapeworm" – 4:20
  4. "Again" – 3:44
  5. "Faint-Heart and the Sermon" – 6:42
  6. "The Comet, the Course, the Tail" – 6:00
  7. "Gog"
  8. "Magog (in Bromine Chambers)"
    • 7 and 8 are typically combined into one track with a total time of – 17:21

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Notes by Peter Hammill on the album

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