PH7
by Peter Hammill
Released: September 01, 1979
Art rock, progressive rock
Why This Album Matters
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The Album
"pH7" is an album by the English musician Peter Hammill, released on Charisma Records in September 1979. It was Hammill's eighth solo album and his last release on the Charisma label. The song "Porton Down" refers to the Porton Down military research facility in Wiltshire, England, while the lyrics of "Imperial Walls" are a translation of the first few lines of the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Ruin".
Interesting Facts
The song "Not For Keith" is a tribute…
The song "Not For Keith" is a tribute to Keith Ellis, a former member of the band Van der Graaf Generator, who had recently passed away.
The album cover notes: "The photographs were all…
The album cover notes: "The photographs were all taken late at night in NYC.
As we left Dan's [the photographer's] place in…
As we left Dan's [the photographer's] place in search of a cab, Graham [Smith] and I ran into some trouble from which, frankly, we were lucky to escape." "My Favourite" was reworked for Hammill's 1984 album The Love Songs.
"Faculty X" references extrasensory perception in the books…
"Faculty X" references extrasensory perception in the books of Colin Wilson.
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The Complete Album Story
"pH7" is an album by the English musician Peter Hammill, released on Charisma Records in September 1979. It was Hammill's eighth solo album and his last release on the Charisma label.
The song "Porton Down" refers to the Porton Down military research facility in Wiltshire, England, while the lyrics of "Imperial Walls" are a translation of the first few lines of the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Ruin".
The song "Not For Keith" is a tribute to Keith Ellis, a former member of the band Van der Graaf Generator, who had recently passed away.
The album cover notes: "The photographs were all taken late at night in NYC. As we left Dan's [the photographer's] place in search of a cab, Graham [Smith] and I ran into some trouble from which, frankly, we were lucky to escape."
"My Favourite" was reworked for Hammill's 1984 album The Love Songs.
"Faculty X" references extrasensory perception in the books of Colin Wilson.
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