PH7 (Peter Hammill album)

Infobox Album |
Name = pH7
Type = Album
Artist = Peter Hammill

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Released = Sept 1979
Recorded =
Genre = Art rock
Length =
Label = Charisma Records
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4tkku3q5an2k link]
*Melody Maker (favorable) [http://www.couchnoise.com/articles/1979.09.29-MM.htm link]
*Sounds (excellent) [http://www.couchnoise.com/articles/1979.10.06-Sounds.jpglink]
Last album = "The Future Now"
(1978)
This album = "pH7"
(1979)
Next album = "A Black Box"
(1980)

"pH7" is an album by Peter Hammill, originally released on Charisma Records in September 1979. It was Hammill's 8th solo album and his last release on the Charisma label.

The song "Porton Down" refers to the Porton Down military research facility in Wiltshire, England.

The song "Not For Keith" is a tribute to Keith Ellis, a former member of the band Van der Graaf Generator, who had then died just recently.

"Cover note: The photographs were all taken late at night in NYC. As we left Dan's [the photographer's] place in search of a cab Graham [Smith] and I ran into some trouble from which, frankly, we were lucky to escape..." [http://www.sofasound.com/phcds/ph7cd.htm] .

Track listing

All tracks by Peter Hammill, except where noted.

#"My Favourite"
#"Careering"
#"Porton Down"
#"Mirror Images"
#"Handicap and Equality"
#"Not For Keith"
#"The Old School Tie"
#"Time For A Change" (Chris Judge Smith, Steve Robshaw)
#"Imperial Walls"
#"Mr X (Gets Tense)"
#"Faculty X"

In 2006, the album was remastered and expanded, adding alternative versions of "Mr X (Gets Tense)" and "Faculty X" recorded for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 programme as well as a fresh sleeve note by Hammill.

Personnel

*Peter Hammill - voice, guitar, keyboards, percussion
*Graham Smith - violin (1,3,10,11)
*David Jackson - saxophone, flute (2,3,11)

External links

* [http://www.sofasound.com/phcds/ph7cd.htm Peter Hammill's notes on the album]
* [http://www.couchnoise.com/albums/pH7.htm Notes from an unofficial Peter Hammill website]