The Future Now

The Future Now

Infobox Album |
Name = The Future Now
Type = Album
Artist = Peter Hammill



Released = September 1978
Recorded = 18th March - 26th April 1978
Sofa Sound
Genre = Art rock
Length =
Label = Charisma
Producer = Peter Hammill
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jmozeflkhgfn link]
Last album = "Over"
(1977)
This album = "The Future Now"
(1978)
Next album = "pH7"
(1979)

"The Future Now" is an album by Peter Hammill, released on Charisma Records in 1978. It was the first solo album Hammill released following the 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".

The album cover shows a set of photographs by [http://www.briangriffin.co.uk Brian Griffin] portraying Hammill with half of his beard shaven.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Hammill.

#"Pushing Thirty"
#"The Second Hand"
#"Trappings"
#"The Mousetrap"
#"Energy Vampires"
#"If I Could"
#"The Future Now"
#"Still In The Dark"
#"Mediaevil"
#"A Motor-bike in Afrika"
#"The Cut"
#"Palinurus (Castaway)"

Bonus tracksRecorded live at The All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, USA on 16th February 1978
#"If I Could"
#"The Mousetrap (Caught In)"

Personnel

*Peter Hammillvocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
*David Jackson - saxophone
*Graham Smith - violin

External links

* [http://www.sofasound.com/phcds/tfncd.htm Peter Hammill's notes on the album]


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