And Close As This Explained

And Close As This
Type:	Album
Artist:	Peter Hammill
Cover:	Peter Hammill And Close As This.jpg
Released:	3 November 1986^[1]
Recorded:	7 August – 15 September 1986
Genre:	Art rock
Length:	40:06
Label:	Virgin Records
Producer:	Peter Hammill
Prev Title:	Skin
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Spur of the Moment
Next Year:	1988

And Close As This is the 15th studio album by Peter Hammill, released on Virgin Records in 1986. Each track is a song played and sung by Hammill solo at a keyboard, with the keyboard parts played in a single take. Two of the songs use a grand piano as the keyboard instrument; for the others, Hammill plays a MIDI master keyboard, using it to trigger a variety of MIDI sound modules, mainly electric piano and organ sounds. Keith Emerson collaborated as composer for the song "Empire of Delight" but did not play on the album.

Track listing

All songs written by Hammill, except where indicated:

1. "Too Many of My Yesterdays" – 4:47
2. "Faith" – 4:27
3. "Empire of Delight" (Hammill, Keith Emerson) – 4:43
4. "Silver" – 5:31
5. "Beside the One You Love" – 5:12
6. "Other Old Clichés" – 4:07
7. "Confidence" – 6:37
8. "Sleep Now" – 4:42

Personnel

• Peter Hammill – vocals, grand piano, MIDI Master keyboard

Technical

• Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Sofa Sound, Bath)
• Paul Ridout – computers, MIDI
• Arun Chakraverty – original mastering
• Anton Corbijn – photography
• Phil Smee – packaging^[2]

External links

• Lyrics on Hammill's Sofa Sound website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Music Week. 37.
2. Web site: Peter Hammill - And Close As This (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs . www.discogs.com . 2010-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100721134956/http://www.discogs.com/Peter-Hammill-And-Close-As-This/release/1409411. 21 July 2010 . live.