And Close As This

And Close As This is the 15th studio album by Peter Hammill, released on Virgin Records in 1986. Each track is a song played and sung by Hammill solo at a keyboard, with the keyboard parts played in a single take. Two of the songs use a grand piano as the keyboard instrument; for the others, Hammill plays a MIDI master keyboard, using it to trigger a variety of MIDI sound modules, mainly electric piano and organ sounds. Keith Emerson collaborated as composer for the song "Empire of Delight" but did not play on the album.

And Close As This
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released	3 November 1986
Recorded	7 August – 15 September 1986
Genre	Art rock
Length	40:06
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
Skin (1986) And Close As This (1986) Spur of the Moment (1988)

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Track listing

All songs written by Hammill, except where indicated:

1. "Too Many of My Yesterdays" – 4:47
2. "Faith" – 4:27
3. "Empire of Delight" (Hammill, Keith Emerson) – 4:43
4. "Silver" – 5:31
5. "Beside the One You Love" – 5:12
6. "Other Old Clichés" – 4:07
7. "Confidence" – 6:37
8. "Sleep Now" – 4:42

Personnel

• Peter Hammill – vocals, grand piano, MIDI Master keyboard

Technical

• Peter Hammill – recording engineer, mixing (Sofa Sound, Bath)
• Paul Ridout – computers, MIDI
• Arun Chakraverty – original mastering
• Anton Corbijn – photography
• Phil Smee – packaging

External links

• Lyrics on Hammill's Sofa Sound website