Roaring Forties (album)

Roaring Forties
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released	September 1994
Recorded	August 1993-May 1994, Terra Incognita, Bath
Genre	Art rock
Length	48:19
Label	Fie!
Producer	Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
The Noise (1992) Roaring Forties (1994) X My Heart (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

Roaring Forties is an 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).

Track listing

1. "Sharply Unclear" - 5:42
2. "The Gift of Fire" - 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

• Peter Hammill: guitar, piano, vocals
• Nic Potter: bass
• Stuart Gordon: violin
• Simon Clarke: organ
• David Jackson: saxophone, flute
• Manny Elias: drums, percussion

References

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