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In a Foreign Town

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Released
  
November 1988

Artist
  
Peter Hammill

Producer
  
Peter Hammill

In a Foreign Town (1988)
  
Out of Water (1990)

Release date
  
November 1988

Label
  
Fie! Records

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Recorded
  
October 1987 - January 1988

Genres
  
Rock music, Progressive rock, Art rock, Pop rock

Similar
  
Peter Hammill albums, Progressive rock albums

In a Foreign Town is the 16th studio album by the English singer-songwriter Peter Hammill. It was originally released in 1988 on Enigma Records, and was subsequently reissued on Hammill's own Fie! label.

Contents

The album has not proved popular with some of Hammill's fans, due largely to the rather dated 1980s rhythm tracks and production. However, others value it highly because it is one of Hammill's most politically engaged albums, covering such topics as apartheid ("Sun City Nightlife"), big business ("Sci-Finance Revisited" - a reworking of "Sci-Finance", the Van der Graaf song from Vital) and global politics ("Hemlock").

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Hammill.

  1. "Hemlock"
  2. "Invisible Ink"
  3. "Sci-Finance (Revisited)"
  4. "This Book"
  5. "Time to Burn"
  6. "Auto"
  7. "Vote Brand X"
  8. "Sun City Nightlife"
  9. "The Play's the Thing"
  10. "Under Cover Names"

The Fie! reissue contained an extra track:

  1. "Smile"

And the Restless issue contains an additional track:

  1. "Time to Burn (Instrumental)"

Personnel

  • Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Stuart Gordon - violin on (1)

    • Songs

    1Hemlock6:29
    2Invisible Ink4:20
    3Sci-Finance (Revisited)4:22

    References

    In a Foreign Town Wikipedia
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