pH7 (Peter Hammill album)

pH7
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released September 1979
Genre Art rock, progressive rock
Label Charisma Records
Producer Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology

The Future Now
(1978)		 pH7
(1979)		 A Black Box
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Melody Maker (favorable) [2]
Sounds (excellent) [3]

pH7 is an album by Peter Hammill, originally released on Charisma Records in September 1979. It was Hammill's 8th solo album and his last release on the Charisma label.

The song "Porton Down" refers to the Porton Down military research facility in Wiltshire, England, while the lyrics of "Imperial Walls" are a translation of the first few lines of the Anglo-Saxon poem, "The Ruin".

The song "Not For Keith" is a tribute to Keith Ellis, a former member of the band Van der Graaf Generator, who had then died just recently.

"Cover note: The photographs were all taken late at night in NYC. As we left Dan's [the photographer's] place in search of a cab Graham [Smith] and I ran into some trouble from which, frankly, we were lucky to escape...".[4]

Track listing

All tracks by Peter Hammill, except where noted.

  1. "My Favourite"
  2. "Careering"
  3. "Porton Down"
  4. "Mirror Images"
  5. "Handicap and Equality"
  6. "Not For Keith"
  7. "The Old School Tie"
  8. "Time For A Change" (Chris Judge Smith, Steve Robshaw)
  9. "Imperial Walls"
  10. "Mr X (Gets Tense)"
  11. "Faculty X"

In 2006, the album was remastered and expanded, adding alternative versions of "Mr X (Gets Tense)" and "Faculty X" recorded for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 programme as well as a fresh sleeve note by Hammill.

US/Canada vinyl press has an additional track at the end of side A, "Polaroid".

Side A

  1. "My Favourite"
  2. "Careering"
  3. "Porton Down"
  4. "Mirror Images"
  5. "Handicap and Equality"
  6. "Not For Keith"
  7. "Polaroid"

Side B

  1. "The Old School Tie"
  2. "Time For A Change" (Chris Judge Smith, Steve Robshaw)
  3. "Imperial Walls"
  4. "Mr X (Gets Tense)"
  5. "Faculty X"

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Couture, François. PH7 (Peter Hammill album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Melody Maker review
  3. ↑ Sounds review
  4. ↑ "Sofa Sound". Sofa Sound. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

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