The Future Now

1978 studio album by Peter Hammill
The Future Now
Studio album by
Peter Hammill
ReleasedSeptember 1978
Recorded18 March – 26 April 1978
StudioSofa Sound, Byfleet, Surrey
GenreArt rock
Length41:21
LabelCharisma
ProducerPeter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
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(1977) 		The Future Now
(1978) 		pH7
(1979)
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Allmusic[1]

The Future Now is the seventh studio album by Peter Hammill, released on Charisma Records in 1978. It was the first solo album Hammill released following the 1978 breakup of his band Van der Graaf Generator, although he had released numerous solo albums while VdGG were active. The album contains twelve short songs, several in the new wave style of VdGG's last studio album, The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome.

The album cover shows a set of photographs by Brian Griffin, portraying Peter Hammill with half of his moustache and beard shaven.

"If I Could" was re-worked for Hammill's 1984 album The Love Songs.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Hammill

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Pushing Thirty"4:21
2."The Second Hand"3:29
3."Trappings"3:34
4."The Mousetrap (Caught In)"4:07
5."Energy Vampires"2:57
6."If I Could"4:43
Total length:23:08
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."The Future Now"4:14
2."Still In The Dark"3:41
3."Mediaevil"3:07
4."A Motor-Bike In Afrika"3:11
5."The Cut"4:21
6."Palinurus (Castaway)"4:10
Total length:22:42
Bonus tracks
Recorded live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, on 16 February 1978
  2. "If I Could"
  3. "The Mousetrap (Caught In)"

Personnel

  • Peter Hammill – guitars, vocals, keyboards, harmonica, electronics
  • David Jackson – saxophone (1, 2, 12)
  • Graham Smith – violin (5, 6, 12)

Technical

  • Peter Hammill - recording engineer (Sofa Sound, Byfleet, Surrey)[2]
  • Pat Moran – mixing (Rockfield Studios, Monmouth)
  • Brian Griffin – photography

References

  1. ^ Couture, François. The Future Now at AllMusic
  2. ^ Hammill, Peter (23 October 2006). "The Future Now". Sofa Sound. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

External links

  • Peter Hammill's notes on the album
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Peter Hammill
Studio albums
Live albums
  • The Margin (1985)
  • Room Temperature (1990)
  • There Goes the Daylight (1993)
  • The Peel Sessions (1995)
  • The Union Chapel Concert (1997)
  • Typical (1999)
  • The Margin + (2002)
  • Veracious (2006)
  • Pno Gtr Vox (2011)
  • Pno Gtr Vox Box (2012)
  • Peter Hammill & The K Group Live at Rockpalast 26/11/81 (2016)
  • X/Ten (2018)
  • Not Yet Not Now (2019)
Singles
  • "Red Shift" (1973)
  • "Birthday Special" (1975)
  • "Crying Wolf" (1977)
  • "If I Could" (1978)
  • "The Polaroid" (1979)
  • "My Experience" (1981)
  • "Paradox Drive" (1982)
  • "Film Noir" (1983)
  • "Just Good Friends" (1985)
  • "Painting by Numbers" (1986)
  • A Fix on the Mix (1992) ‎(CD, EP)
Live videos
  • In the Passionskirche (1992)
  • Live at Rockpalast - Hamburg 1981 (2016)
Compilation albums
  • Vision (1978)
  • The Love Songs (1984)
  • The Essential Collection (1986)
  • The Storm (Before the Calm) (1993)
  • The Calm (After the Storm) (1993)
  • Offensichtlich Goldfisch (1993)
  • After the Show - A Collection (1996)
  • Past Go: Collected (1996)
  • The Thin Man Sings Ballads (2002)
Collaborators
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