Roaring Forties

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studio album
First released:
Sep 12 1994

Overview Edit

Roaring Forties is an album by Peter Hammill, released on his own Fie! label in 1994. It, and the following album, X My Heart, are Hammill's most recent albums that primarily contain an organic, full-band rock style. While there are occasional tracks on later albums in this style, Hammill's principal mode has moved since this album towards a more intimate, chamber-music style.

The album also contains "A Headlong Stretch", one of Hammill's occasional long, episodic song suites (see also "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" from Pawn Hearts and "Flight" from A Black Box).

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Catalog number:
FIE 9107
Release dates:
  • 1994 in United Kingdom

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Track listing Edit

  • CD

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    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Sharply Unclear
    5:43
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    2
    The Gift of Fire (Precursed)
    1:44
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    3
    The Gift of Fire (Talk Turkey)
    6:47
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    4
    You Can't Want What You Always Get...
    5:57
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    5
    ... If You Haven't Got It Yet
    3:34
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    6
    Headlong Stretch I) Up Ahead
    3:30
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    7
    Headlong Stretch II) Continental Drift
    3:09
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    8
    Headlong Stretch III) The Twelve
    1:35
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    9
    Headlong Stretch IV) Long Light
    3:01
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    10
    Headlong Stretch V) Backwards Man
    4:06
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    11
    Headlong Stretch VI) As You Were
    1:59
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    12
    Headlong Stretch VII) Or So I Said
    2:04
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    13
    Your Tall Ship
    5:03
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release dates: Sep 12 1994
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