Much of the material was recorded in Hammill's home studio on simple four-track equipment. He then took the tapes to Trident Studios, where additional elements such as drumming from Van der Graaf Generator colleague Guy Evans, and layers of ARP 2600 analogue synthesizer were added. The album has a predominantly dark, gothic, claustrophobic feel, with the lyrics laced with apocalyptic, religious and existential imagery. "Gog" is a particularly intense and demonic song, featuring (even by Hammill's standards) strident and aggressive vocals, grandiose harmonium chords, and powerful drumming. This segués into "Magog", which is virtually a musique concrète piece of sinister drones, percussive noises, and including a ring modulated spoken vocal. Songs such as "Ferret and Featherbird" and "Again" are gentler offerings, and Hammill refers to the first as "something approaching a 'sweet' song".[2] The album was dedicated to Hammill's brother, Andrew.
"Again" was re-worked for Hammill's 1984 album The Love Songs.
camera, peter, hammill, album, camera, fourth, solo, album, from, english, singer, songwriter, peter, hammill, released, july, 1974, camerastudio, album, peter, hammillreleasedjuly, 1974recordeddecember, 1973, april, 1974studiosofa, sound, sussextrident, studi. In Camera is the fourth solo album from the English singer songwriter Peter Hammill It was released in July 1974 In CameraStudio album by Peter HammillReleasedJuly 1974RecordedDecember 1973 April 1974StudioSofa Sound SussexTrident Studios LondonGenreArt rock progressive rock experimental rockLength47 47LabelCharismaProducerPeter HammillPeter Hammill chronologyThe Silent Corner and the Empty Stage 1974 In Camera 1974 Nadir s Big Chance 1975 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Much of the material was recorded in Hammill s home studio on simple four track equipment He then took the tapes to Trident Studios where additional elements such as drumming from Van der Graaf Generator colleague Guy Evans and layers of ARP 2600 analogue synthesizer were added The album has a predominantly dark gothic claustrophobic feel with the lyrics laced with apocalyptic religious and existential imagery Gog is a particularly intense and demonic song featuring even by Hammill s standards strident and aggressive vocals grandiose harmonium chords and powerful drumming This segues into Magog which is virtually a musique concrete piece of sinister drones percussive noises and including a ring modulated spoken vocal Songs such as Ferret and Featherbird and Again are gentler offerings and Hammill refers to the first as something approaching a sweet song 2 The album was dedicated to Hammill s brother Andrew Again was re worked for Hammill s 1984 album The Love Songs Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2 1 Technical 3 References 4 External linksTrack listing editAll tracks are written by Peter HammillSide oneNo TitleLength1 Ferret and Featherbird 3 432 No More the Sub mariner 5 473 Tapeworm 4 204 Again 3 445 Faint Heart and the Sermon 6 42Total length 24 26 Side twoNo TitleLength6 The Comet the Course the Tail 6 007 Gog 7 408 Magog in Bromine Chambers 9 41Total length 23 21 2006 CD bonus tracks from BBC One John Peel SessionsNo TitleLength9 The Emperor in His War Room 6 3910 Faint Heart and the Sermon 6 0511 No More the Sub mariner 6 12 Some CDs index Gog and Magog as one track 3 Personnel editPeter Hammill vocals piano 1 5 8 acoustic and electric guitars 1 3 6 8 bass guitar 2 4 6 7 ARP 2600 synthesizer 2 5 6 8 Mellotron 5 8 harmonium 7 Guy Evans drums 3 7 Chris Judge Smith percussion backing vocals 8 Paul Whitehead percussion 8 Technical edit Peter Hammill recording engineer Sofa Sound Sussex David Hentschel recording engineer ARP programming mixing studio wizardry Trident Studios London References edit Allmusic review In Camera www sofasound com Retrieved 4 December 2017 Virgin CASCD 1089External links editAlbum information on the unofficial VdGG site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title In Camera Peter Hammill album amp oldid 1169965131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
