- Audio CD (30 Aug 1990)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Blue Plate Caroline
- ASIN: B000000HUX
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 698,446 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. My Favourite |
| 2. Careering |
| 3. Porton Down |
| 4. Mirror Images |
| 5. Handicap And Equality |
| 6. Not For Keith |
| 7. The Old School Tie |
| 8. Time For A Change |
| 9. Imperial Walls |
| 10. Mr. X (Gets Tense) |
| 11. Faculty X |
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After the brilliant The Future Now Peter Hammill released PH7,
his seventh solo-album and also a chemical term for neutrality.
However, the lyrics and music on this album can hardly be
described as neutral. Ranging from great ballads like "My
Favorite" and "Handicap and Equality" to the manic stance
of classics like "Mr. X (Gets Tense)" and "Faculty X" to
the crystal-clear observation of "Time for a Change" this album
is a rare treat and still sounds as fresh as when it was released in 1979. Check out the great versions of Mr. X and
Faculty X on the Peel Sessions album.
his seventh solo-album and also a chemical term for neutrality.
However, the lyrics and music on this album can hardly be
described as neutral. Ranging from great ballads like "My
Favorite" and "Handicap and Equality" to the manic stance
of classics like "Mr. X (Gets Tense)" and "Faculty X" to
the crystal-clear observation of "Time for a Change" this album
is a rare treat and still sounds as fresh as when it was released in 1979. Check out the great versions of Mr. X and
Faculty X on the Peel Sessions album.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Here's Peter Hammill with 'Mr X Gets Tense'... an appropriate title," - so said John Peel introducing one of the tracks appended to this reissue as a live bonus track, on his show at the time of the album's original release. Indeed. 'Porton Down', amongst the first of PH's social issue songs, fair leaves the nerve-ends quavering, as does 'Mr X' and 'Faculty X'. Yet there is pastoral sadness, too, on 'Not for Keith', 'Handicap and Equality' and 'My Favourite', one of those telling love songs at which PH excels (later, of course, remixed on 'The Love Songs'). 'Careering' is excellent too for PH's upper-class English punk-sneer, as is the spittle-driven 'The Old School Tie.' Oh, and there's also the Judge Smith, PH-perennial performance classic - 'Time for a Change'. This is one part of PH's early 80's monochrome trilogy, the other two being 'The Future Now' and 'A Black Box.' Actually, could it perhaps be that this socially/personally conscious album is more punk than 'Nadir'?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been putting off buying this album for a long time, hoping I would get my vinyl version back from a friend...
So, I took the plunge and it is every bit as good as I remember it, from way back in 79 or so when I first bought it. The thing is, this is a classic to my mind, in the mould of Five Leaves Left or Wild Wood, it really is that good. Not an everyday album of course, and you will not win 'Come Dine With Me' with this playing in the background, but in contemplative moments when you need the grey matter stimulating and you need to hear genuinely beautiful music suspend disbelief and stop time as the brain releases whatever chemicals there are that make great music so wonderful, then ph7 will fit the bill. It also bears repeated listening, no mean feat for music and songs which dare to tackle genuinely heartfelt but difficult issues. A lot of the music is very sparse and simple, similar to some of John Lennon's early solo work, but at the same time the sophistication and musicality shine through - the playing is exquisite and beautifully restrained; the violin solo on the opening track 'Favourite' being a prime example.
Well enough writing, your own discovery is worth more than anything I have to say!
So, I took the plunge and it is every bit as good as I remember it, from way back in 79 or so when I first bought it. The thing is, this is a classic to my mind, in the mould of Five Leaves Left or Wild Wood, it really is that good. Not an everyday album of course, and you will not win 'Come Dine With Me' with this playing in the background, but in contemplative moments when you need the grey matter stimulating and you need to hear genuinely beautiful music suspend disbelief and stop time as the brain releases whatever chemicals there are that make great music so wonderful, then ph7 will fit the bill. It also bears repeated listening, no mean feat for music and songs which dare to tackle genuinely heartfelt but difficult issues. A lot of the music is very sparse and simple, similar to some of John Lennon's early solo work, but at the same time the sophistication and musicality shine through - the playing is exquisite and beautifully restrained; the violin solo on the opening track 'Favourite' being a prime example.
Well enough writing, your own discovery is worth more than anything I have to say!
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