pH7

by Peter Hammill

pH7 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Charisma
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:25
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating amidst the ashes of Van der Graaf Generator, the intensely dramatic vocalist pushed further into severe, stripped-down sonic territories. The record heavily employs stark drum machines, jagged rhythms, and complex vocal overdubs, reflecting the mechanical anxieties of the incoming 1980s. Its claustrophobic and deeply eccentric nature profoundly influenced the darker corners of the emerging post-punk movement.

Genres

Descriptors: political, avant-garde, conscious, experimental, idiosyncratic, folk, male-vocals, piano, electronic

Tracklist

  1. My Favourite (2:50)
  2. Careering (Don't Ask Me) (4:00)
  3. Porton Down (3:35)
  4. Mirror Images (3:50)
  5. Handicap And Equality (4:00)
  6. Not For Keith (2:25)
  7. The Old School Tie (4:50)
  8. Time For A Change
  9. Imperial Walls (5:00)
  10. Mr X (Gets Tense) (4:45)
  11. Faculty X (4:10)

Credits

  • Arun Chakraverty - lacquer cut by
  • David Jackson - saxophone [saxeo], flute
  • Graham Smith - violin [played by]
  • Judge Smith - written-by
  • Steve Robshaw - written-by
  • Anonymous - written-by

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