Touchpaper (Claire Hamill album) explained
Touchpaper is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Claire Hamill, released on 21 April 1984 by Blueprint Records, and was her first studio album in nine years following 1975's Abracadabra. The album saw her transition into a world of synthesizers, and Gary Numan of Tubeway Army played keyboards on the track "Ultra Violet Light".[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Claire Hamill, except where noted.
Side one: Moon Side
- "The Moon Is a Powerful Lover" - 5:00
- "Denmark" - 3:20
- "Fools in a Storm" - 3:46
- "First Night in New York" - 4:22
- "Come Along Brave Lads" (Andy Stennett) - 3:39
Side two: Jump Side
- "Jump" - 4:05
- "In the Palm of My Hand" - 3:25
- "Gonna Be the One" - 4:03
- "Ultra Violet Light" - 2:40
- "Once Is Not Enough" - 3:31
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the Touchpaper liner notes.[2]
Musicians
- Claire Hamill – vocals; guitar; keyboards
- Andy Stennett – keyboards
- Ron Mathewson — acoustic bass
- Neal Wilkinson – drums on "Denmark" and "In the Palm of My Hand"
- Mitch Dalton – guitar on "Denmark"
- John Rocca – percussion on "Fools in a Storm"
- Dave Roach – saxophone on "Fools in a Storm"
- Joe Partridge— guitar on "First Night in New York
- Ronnie Leahy — keyboards on "First Night in New York"
- John Giblin — bass on "First Night in New York"
- Simon Phillips – bass on "First Night in New York"
- Morris Pert — percussion on "First Night in New York"
- Paul Morgan – drums on "Come Along Brave Lads" and "Jump"
- Vincent Abbot — bagpipes on "Come Along Brave Lads"
- Peter Maas – bass on "Jump"
- John McKenzie – bass on "Gonna Be the One"
- Tony Beard – drums on "Gonna Be the One" and "Once Is Not Enough"
- Gary Numan — keyboards on "Ultra Violet Light"
- Alan White — drums on "Ultra Violet Light"
- Steve Gould — bass on "Ultra Violet Light"
- Laurie Wisefield — guitar on "Ultra Violet Light"
- Danny McIntosh – guitar on "Once Is Not Enough"
Notes and References
- Web site: About Claire Claire Hamill . clairehamill.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220012405/http://clairehamill.co.uk/about/ . 2012-02-20.
- Touchpaper. Claire Hamill. 1984. Blueprint. CD booklet.