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Roaring Forties (album)

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Roaring Forties
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1994
RecordedAugust 1993–May 1994
GenreArt rock
Length48:19
LabelFie!
ProducerPeter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
The Noise
(1992)
Roaring Forties
(1994)
X My Heart
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[2]

Roaring Forties is the 21st studio album by Peter Hammill, released on his own Fie! label in 1994. It, and the following album, X My Heart, are Hammill's most recent albums that primarily contain an organic, full-band rock style. While there are occasional tracks on later albums in this style, Hammill's principal mode has moved since this album towards a more intimate, chamber-music style. The Roaring Forties is a name given, especially by sailors, to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S, so called because of the boisterous and prevailing westerly winds.

The album also contains "A Headlong Stretch", one of Hammill's occasional long, episodic song suites (see also "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" from Pawn Hearts and "Flight" from A Black Box).

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Peter Hammill

  1. "Sharply Unclear" - 5:42
  2. "The Gift of Fire (Talk Turkey)" - 8:31
  3. "You Can't Want What You Always Get" - 9:36
  4. "A Headlong Stretch" - 19:32
    • "Up Ahead"
    • "Continental Drift"
    • "The Twelve"
    • "Long Light"
    • "Backwards Man"
    • "As You Were"
    • "Or So I Said"
  5. "Your Tall Ship" - 4:58

Personnel

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  • Peter Hammill - guitar, piano, vocals
  • Nic Potter - bass on "Sharply Unclear" and "You Can't Want What You Always Get"
  • Stuart Gordon - violin
  • Simon Clark - organ on "The Gift of Fire"
  • David Jackson - saxophone, flute
  • Manny Elias - drums, percussion

Technical

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  • Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Terra Incognita, Bath)
  • Paul Ridout - design, photography

References

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  1. ^ Sinclair, Ali. Roaring Forties at AllMusic
  2. ^ Barton, Geoff (February 2010). "Peter Hammill - Roaring Forties". Classic Rock. No. 141. p. 93.