In A Foreign Town
Download links and information about In A Foreign Town by Peter Hammill. This album was released in 1988 and it belongs to Rock genres. It contains 12 tracks with total duration of 54:58 minutes.
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| Artist: | Peter Hammill |
| Release date: | 1988 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Tracks: | 12 |
| Duration: | 54:58 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Hemlock | 6:30 |
| 2. | Invisible Ink | 4:20 |
| 3. | Sci - Finance (Revisited) | 4:22 |
| 4. | This Book | 5:14 |
| 5. | Time To Burn | 3:45 |
| 6. | Auto | 3:58 |
| 7. | Vote Brand X | 4:03 |
| 8. | Sun City Night Life | 4:34 |
| 9. | The Play'S The Thing | 4:55 |
| 10. | Under Cover Names | 4:19 |
| 11. | Smile | 5:19 |
| 12. | Time To Burn (Instrumental) | 3:44 |
Details
[Edit]Although not considered one of Peter Hammill's best by longtime fans, 1988's In a Foreign Town does contain some worthwhile material. Produced by Hammill himself, the album is far more upbeat than most of his past work, and sounds like mid-'80s Genesis at times. But it may be one of Hammill's most musically varied albums; just give a listen to the new wave sound of "Invisible Ink" (one of the album's catchiest and strongest tracks), the Talking Heads-like "Sci-Finance (Revisited)," and the Adrian Belew/King Crimson sound of "Auto." But the anemic '80s production of the material tends to take away from the compositions; it's the complete opposite of earlier Hammill releases, where he kept things more straight-ahead. The song "Under Cover Names" contains completely un-Hammill-like, cheesy Miami Vice keyboard sounds. The only track where the Peter Hammill-of-old resurfaces is on the stark piano/voice composition "The Play's the Thing." If the one-dimensional production was replaced with more interesting sounds, In a Foreign Town would have turned out better, since there was still plenty of strong Hammill songwriting present.