| The Love Songs | ||||
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| Released | August 1984 | |||
| Studio | Sofa Sound, Surrey | |||
| Genre | Art rock | |||
| Label | Charisma | |||
| Producer | Peter Hammill, David Lord | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The Love Songs is an album by Peter Hammill, originally released on Charisma Records in 1984.
The album is a compilation of ballads from Hammill's previous solo albums, re-recorded in new versions; all reworked, redubbed and remixed to form this album. The lead vocals were replaced on all tracks, except "Been Alone So Long". All tracks were based on the original multitracks, except "Again" and "If I Could", which are based on live K Group performances taken from the Margin Tour.
Track listing
All songs written by Peter Hammill, except where indicated.
- "Just Good Friends" - 3:55
- "My Favourite" - 3:00
- "Been Alone So Long" (Chris Judge Smith) - 5:02
- "Ophelia" - 3:09
- "Again" - 3:34
- "If I Could" - 4:59
- "Vision" - 3:16
- "Don't Tell Me" - 4:40
- "The Birds" - 3:41
- "(This Side of) The Looking Glass" - 6:58
Original albums
The tracks were taken from these albums:
Personnel
- Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums
- Graham Smith - violin (2)
- David Jackson - saxophone (3,8.9)
- Nic Potter - bass (5,6,9)
- Guy Evans - drums (3,5,6,7,9)
- Hugh Banton - organ (3,9)
- Stuart Gordon - violin (1,7)
- John Ellis - guitar (5,6)
- Manny Elias - drums (1)
- David Lord - synthesizer (1)
- Technical
- Paul Ridout - cover
- Adrian Peacock - photography
References
- ↑ Thompson, Dave. The Love Songs at AllMusic
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