Roaring Forties (album)
1994 studio album by Peter Hammill / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Roaring Forties | ||||
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Released | September 1994 | |||
Recorded | August 1993–May 1994 | |||
Genre | Art rock | |||
Length | 48:19 | |||
Label | Fie! | |||
Producer | Peter Hammill | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Classic Rock | [2] |
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).