In a Foreign Town

In a Foreign Town
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released November 1988
Recorded October 1987 - January 1988
Genre Art rock
Label Enigma Records
Producer Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology

Spur of the Moment
(1988)		 In a Foreign Town
(1988)		 Out of Water
(1990)
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Q [2]

In a Foreign Town is an album by the English singer-songwriter Peter Hammill. It was originally released in 1988 on Enigma Records, and was subsequently reissued on Hammill's own Fie! label.

The album has not proved popular with some of Hammill's fans, due largely to the rather dated 1980s rhythm tracks and production. However, others value it highly because it is one of Hammill's most politically engaged albums, covering such topics as apartheid ("Sun City Nightlife"), big business ("Sci-Finance Revisited" - a reworking of "Sci-Finance", the Van der Graaf song from Vital) and global politics ("Hemlock").

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Hammill.

  1. "Hemlock"
  2. "Invisible Ink"
  3. "Sci-Finance (Revisited)"
  4. "This Book"
  5. "Time to Burn"
  6. "Auto"
  7. "Vote Brand X"
  8. "Sun City Nightlife"
  9. "The Play's the Thing"
  10. "Under Cover Names"

The Fie! reissue contained an extra track:

  1. "Smile"

And the Restless issue contains an additional track:

  1. "Time to Burn (Instrumental)"

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Prato, Greg. In a Foreign Town at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Q review

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