Skin (Peter Hammill album)

Skin

Studio album by Peter Hammill

Released

March 1986

Genre

Art rock

Label

Foundry

Peter Hammill chronology

The Margin
(1985)

Skin
(1986)

And Close As This
(1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Melody Maker	(bent on success) ^[2]
Vox	(challenging) ^[3]

Skin is an album by Peter Hammill, originally released on vinyl on Foundry Records in 1986 and later re-released on CD on Virgin Records. It was also released on CD by DaTE (a division of Line Music GmbH).

The album was notable for spawning that rare thing, a Peter Hammill single: "Painting by Numbers" appeared on both 7" and 12" formats. It was the eleventh (and until now last) single by Hammill. The B-side was the non-album track "You Hit Me Where I Live". This track later appeared on the Virgin CD release of the album. As usual, none of these releases entered the UK charts. The DaTE CD release included two extra tracks, the aforementioned "You Hit Me Where I Live" plus "Painting By Numbers (Extended Version)".

The album sees Hammill employing the Yamaha DX7, the first commercially successful digital synthesiser, an instrument which was typical for the sound of the 1980s and which he plays until today. He also made use of an Emu Drumulator drum machine.

Track listing

All songs by Peter Hammill, except where indicated.

"Skin"
"After the Show"
"Painting by Numbers"
"Shell"
"All Said and Done"
"A Perfect Date"
"Four Pails" (Chris Judge Smith, Max Hutchinson)
"Now Lover"

Personnel

Musicians:^[4]

Hugh Banton – cello
David Coulter – didjeridu
Guy Evans – percussion, drums
Stuart Gordon – violin
Peter Hammill – guitar, keyboards, vocals
David Jackson – saxophone
David Luckhurst – voices

Credits:^[4]

Arun – cut
Coach – engineer
Neil Perry – engineer
Paul Ridout – engineer, cover art
Stephen Street – engineer

References

↑ "allmusic ((( Skin > Review )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
↑ "Peter Hammill Concerts". www.couchnoise.com. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
↑ Vox review
1 2 "allmusic ((( Skin > Credits )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-09-03.

Peter Hammill

Studio albums	Fool's Mate Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage In Camera Nadir's Big Chance Over The Future Now pH7 A Black Box Sitting Targets Enter K Loops and Reels Patience Skin And Close As This Spur of the Moment In a Foreign Town Out of Water The Fall of the House of Usher Fireships The Noise Roaring Forties X My Heart Sonix Everyone You Hold This The Appointed Hour None of the Above What, Now? Unsung Clutch Incoherence Singularity Thin Air Consequences Other World All That Might Have Been

Live albums	The Margin Room Temperature There Goes The Daylight The Peel Sessions The Union Chapel Concert Typical The Margin + Veracious Pno Gtr Vox Pno Gtr Vox Box

Singles	Red Shift Birthday Special Crying Wolf If I Could The Polaroid My Experience Paradox Drive Film Noir Just Good Friends Painting By Numbers

Live Video	In The Passionskirche

Compilation albums	Vision The Love Songs The Essential Collection A Fix On The Mix The Storm (Before The Calm) The Calm (After The Storm) Offensichtlich Goldfisch After The Show Past Go (Collected) The Thin Man Sings Ballads

Collaborators	Judge Smith David Jackson Guy Evans John Ellis Nic Potter Roger Eno Stuart Gordon

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