October (Claire Hamill album)

October (Claire Hamill album)
October
Studio album by Claire Hamill
Released 1973
Recorded October 1972; The Manor Studio & Morgan Studios
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 34:29
Label Island
Producer Paul Samwell-Smith
Claire Hamill chronology
One House Left Standing
(1971)		 October
(1973)		 Stage Door Johnnies
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

October is the second album by English singer-songwriter Claire Hamill, released in 1973. Hamill has identified the subject of the track Speedbreaker as being John Martyn with whom she had a affair.[2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Island (Steve Smith) - 3:21
  2. To the Stars (Hamill) - 2:03
  3. Please Stay Tonight (Hamill) - 3:02
  4. Wall to Wall Carpeting (Hamill) - 2:22
  5. Speedbreaker (Hamill) - 3:12
  6. I Don't Get Any Older (Mike Coles, Hamill) - 2:32
  7. Warrior of the Water (Hamill) - 2:56
  8. The Artist (Hamill) - 2:39
  9. Baby What's Wrong (With You) (Jimmy Reed) - 4:30
  10. Sidney Gorgeous (Hamill) - 1:56
  11. Crying Under the Bedclothes (Hamill) - 3:37
  12. Peaceful (Hamill) - 2:19

Personnel

  • Gerry Conway - Drums
  • Tony Dimitriades - Coordination
  • Pat Donaldson - Bass, Bass (Electric)
  • Claire Hamill - Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
  • Barry Hammond - Engineer
  • Nick Harrison - String Arrangements
  • Simon Heyworth - Engineer
  • Chris Laurence - Bass
  • Wayne Perkins - Guitar, Vocals
  • Jean Roussel - Keyboards, Piano
  • Paul Samwell-Smith - Arranger, Producer
  • Steve Smith - Keyboards, Vocals
  • Tim Smith - Guitar, Vocals
  • Henry Spinetti - Conga, Percussion
  • Alan White - Drums

References

  1. ^ "October - Claire Hamill | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r39807. 
  2. ^ John Neil Munro Some People Are Crazy: The John Martyn Story (2008)

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