Nadir's Big Chance
by Peter Hammill
- Type: Album
- Released: 7 February 1975
- Label: Charisma
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 47:29
- Community rating: 4.23/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Adopting the raucous alter-ego of 'Rikki Nadir', the Van der Graaf Generator frontman famously anticipated the impending punk explosion with this remarkably aggressive solo record. 'Nadir's Big Chance' is a fiercely energetic, wildly eclectic art-rock triumph, matching deeply rebellious, surprisingly raw proto-punk guitars with wonderfully playful, fiercely melodic urban songwriting.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, progressive, theatrical, satirical, abrasive
Tracklist
- Nadir's Big Chance (3:33)
- The Institute Of Mental Health, Burning (3:32)
- Open Your Eyes (5:13)
- Nobody's Business (4:09)
- Been Alone So Long (4:11)
- Pompeii (4:25)
- Shingle Song (4:15)
- Airport (3:04)
- People You Were Going To (5:05)
- Birthday Special (3:36)
- Two Or Three Spectres (6:20)
Credits
- Peter Hammill - primary artist, producer, guitar [guitars], piano, bass, voice, sleeve notes, written-by, backing vocals, electric piano
- Dinu M'Brela - artwork by [cover design]
- Hugh Banton - bass, keyboards, backing vocals, electric piano
- Guy Evans - drums, tambourine, backing vocals
- David Jackson - flute, saxophone [saxes], backing vocals
- Porky - lacquer cut by
- George Peckham - mastered by
- Mike Stone - mixed by [at the desk]
- Rikki Nadir - producer, guitar [guitars], piano, bass, voice
- Pat Moran - recorded by [at the desk]
- Judge Smith - written-by