Roaring Forties

by Peter Hammill

Roaring Forties cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 September 1994
  • Label: Fie!
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 48:13
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Van der Graaf Generator's frontman explores aging and existential reflection on this highly poetic art rock release. 'Roaring Forties' features complex, suite-like compositions and Hammill's distinctively theatrical, impassioned vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: suite

Tracklist

  1. Sharply Unclear (5:43)
  2. The Gift Of Fire (Precursed) (1:44)
  3. The Gift Of Fire (Talk Turkey) (6:46)
  4. You Can't Want What You Always Get... (5:58)
  5. ...If You Haven't Got It Yet (3:34)
  6. Up Ahead (3:30)
  7. Continental Drift (3:09)
  8. The Twelve (1:35)
  9. Long Light (3:01)
  10. Backwards Man (4:07)
  11. As You Were (1:59)
  12. Or So I Said (2:04)
  13. Your Tall Ship (5:03)

Credits

  • Nic Potter - bass
  • Manny Elias - drums
  • Stuart Gordon - violin
  • Simon Clark - organ [hammond]
  • David Jackson - saxophone, flute

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