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Released
  
September 1978

Artist
  
Peter Hammill

Producer
  
Peter Hammill

Genre
  
Art rock

The Future Now (1978)
  
pH7 (1979)

Release date
  
September 1978

Label
  
Charisma Records

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Recorded
  
18 March - 26 April 1978 Sofa Sound

Similar
  
Peter Hammill albums, Art rock albums

Peter hammill pushing thirty


The Future Now is the 7th 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, and their live album Vital.

Contents

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

Peter hammill the future now


Track listing

All songs written by Peter Hammill.

  1. "Pushing Thirty"
  2. "The Second Hand"
  3. "Trappings"
  4. "The Mousetrap (Caught In)"
  5. "Energy Vampires"
  6. "If I Could"
  7. "The Future Now"
  8. "Still In The Dark"
  9. "Mediaevil"
  10. "A Motor-bike in Afrika"
  11. "The Cut"
  12. "Palinurus (Castaway)"
Bonus tracks
Recorded live at the All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, on 16 February 1978
  1. "If I Could"
  2. "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
  • Pat Moran - engineer
  • Brian Griffin - photography

    • Songs

    1Pushing Thirty4:21
    2The Second Hand3:28
    3Trappings3:30

    References

    The Future Now Wikipedia
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