In a Foreign Town

by Peter Hammill

In a Foreign Town cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1988
  • Label: Enigma
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.03/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Embracing MIDI technology and intensive drum programming, the revered Van der Graaf Generator frontman pursued a highly sequenced, modern art-rock approach. The decidedly mechanical, synthetic arrangements provide a stark, rigid canvas for his dramatic vocal delivery and sharply observed, politically conscious lyricism.

Genres

Descriptors: political, melodic, conscious

Tracklist

  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

Credits

  • Stuart Gordon - violin
  • Gianpiero Ameli - written-by
  • Roberto Colombo - written-by

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