Roaring Forties | ||||
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Studio album by Peter Hammill | ||||
Released | September 1994 | |||
Recorded | August 1993-May 1994 | |||
Studio | Terra Incognita, Bath | |||
Genre | Art rock | |||
Length | 48:19 | |||
Label | Fie! | |||
Producer | Peter Hammill | |||
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Classic Rock |
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 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).