Peter Hammill discography

Peter Hammill discography
Peter Hammill onstage at Nearfest, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, June 2008
Studio albums	35
Live albums	9
Compilation albums	10
Video albums	1
Singles	11

This is the discography of Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, and a founding member of progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. For albums released by Van der Graaf Generator, see Van der Graaf Generator discography.

Studio albums

• Fool's Mate (July 1971)
• Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (May 1973)
• The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (Feb 1974)
• In Camera (July 1974)
• Nadir's Big Chance (Feb 1975)
• Over (April 1977)
• The Future Now (Sept 1978)
• pH7 (Sept 1979)
• A Black Box (Aug 1980)
• Sitting Targets (June 1981)
• Enter K (Oct 1982)
• Loops and Reels (June 1983)
• Patience (Aug 1983)
• Skin (March 1986)
• And Close As This (Nov 1986)
• Spur of the Moment (Feb 1988, instrumental, with Guy Evans)
• In a Foreign Town (Nov 1988)
• Out of Water (Feb 1990)
• The Fall of the House of Usher (Nov 1991, deconstructed and rebuilt released in Nov 1999)
• Fireships (March 1992)
• The Noise (March 1993)
• Roaring Forties (Sept 1994)
• X My Heart (March 1996)
• Sonix (Nov 1996)
• Everyone You Hold (June 1997)
• This (Oct 1998)
• The Appointed Hour (Nov 1999, instrumental, with Roger Eno)
• None of the Above (April 2000)
• What, Now? (June 2001)
• Unsung (Oct 2001, instrumental)
• Clutch (Oct 2002)
• Incoherence (March 2004)
• Singularity (Dec 2006)
• Thin Air (June 2009)
• Consequences (April 2012)
• Other World (Feb 2014, with Gary Lucas)
• ...All That Might Have Been... (Nov 2014)

Live albums

• The Margin (Feb 1985)
• Room Temperature (Nov 1990)
• There Goes The Daylight (Nov 1993)
• The Peel Sessions (Nov 1995, BBC radio sessions 1974–1988)
• The Union Chapel Concert (March 1997, with Guy Evans and others)
• Typical (April 1999)
• The Margin + (May 2002)
• Veracious (Feb 2006)
• Pno Gtr Vox (Oct 2011)
• Pno Gtr Vox Box (Feb 2012)

Singles

• Red Shift 1 c/w Red Shift 2 (Feb 1974)
• Birthday Special c/w Shingle Song (Feb 1975)
• Crying Wolf c/w This Side of the Looking Glass (April 1977)
• If I Could c/w The Future Now (Sept 1978)
• The Polaroid c/w The Old School Tie (Nov 1979)
• My Experience c/w Glue (May 1981)
• My Experience c/w What I Did (May 1981)
• Paradox Drive c/w Now More Than Ever (Sept 1982)
• Film Noir c/w Seven Wonders (Sept 1983)
• Just Good Friends c/w Just Good Friends (instrumental version) (May 1985)
• Painting By Numbers c/w You Hit Me Where I Live (March 1986)

Videos

• In The Passionskirche (1992, concert of 11 April 1992)

Compilations

• Vision (1978)
• The Love Songs (Aug 1984, re-recorded back catalogue)
• The Essential Collection (1986, Enter K and Patience collected)
• A Fix On The Mix (Nov 1992, EP)
• The Storm (Before The Calm) (July 1993, more aggressive Virgin-era material)
• The Calm (After The Storm) (July 1993, Virgin-era ballads)
• Offensichtlich Goldfisch (July 1993, songs re-recorded in German)
• After The Show (Jan 1996)
• Past Go: Collected (Sept 1996)
• The Thin Man Sings Ballads (May 2002)

Other compilation album appearances (incomplete)

• Charisma Disturbance (1973 double LP, Charisma TSS1) – track 4 is "German Overalls"

Guest appearances

• Colin Scot, Colin Scot (1971) – provided backing vocals on several tracks
• Le Orme, Felona and Sorona (1974) – wrote English language lyrics for the Charisma Records UK release of the Italian album Felona e Sorona (1973)
• Robert Fripp, Exposure (1979) – co-wrote and sang lead vocals on "Disengage" and sang lead vocals on "Chicago"
• Ludus, The Visit (1980, 12 inch) – provided "attention and advice"
• Peter Gabriel, Security (1982) – sang backing vocals on "The Family and the Fishing Net", "Shock the Monkey" and "Lay Your Hands on me"
• Georgia II, The Flag / Tunnel Vision (1982, 7 inch and 12 inch) – sang backing vocals and played guitar
• The Long Hello, The Long Hello Volume 3 (David Jackson) (1982) – played organ solo and keyboard sounds on "The Honing of Homer"
• Miguel Bosé, Bandido (1984) – wrote the lyrics of "South of the Sahara" and "Domine Mundi"
• Islo Mob, Wir Sind das Abenland (1985) – sang backing vocals
• Damian Hawkyard, Ill at Ease (1986, EP) – sang backing vocals on one track
• Ayuo, Nova Carmina (1986) – sang lead vocals on some tracks
• Kazue Sawai, Eye To Eye (1987) – contributed on "A Song To Fallen Blossoms"
• Herbert Grönemeyer, What's All This (1988) – wrote the English lyrics
• Crazy House, Still Looking For Heaven On Earth (1988) – played piano on "Feel That Way"
• Alice, Il sole nella pioggia (1989) – co-wrote and sang on "Now and Forever"
• Nic Potter, The Blue Zone (1990) – played guitar on "Ocean Blue"
• Judge Smith, Democrazy (1991) – co-wrote and played on various songs
• Peter Gabriel, Us (1992) – sang backing vocals on "Digging in the Dirt"
• Christian Demand, Kleine Fluchten (1993) – sang and played midi-guitar
• Moondog, Sax Pax For A Sax (1994) – sang backing vocals
• The Stranglers, The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert (1995) – sang on "Tank" and "The Raven"
• Ayuo, Songs from a Eurasian Journey (1997) – sang lead vocals on several tracks
• Saro Cosentino, Ones And Zeros (1997) – co-wrote and sang on "Phosphorescence" and "From Far Away"
• David Cross, Exiles (1997) – sang lead vocals on "Tonk" and "Troppo"
• Wolfram Huschke, Alien Diary (1998) – sang lead vocals on "Black Rose"
• Pale Orchestra conducted by David Thomas, Mirror Man Act 1: Jack & The General (1998) – played harmonium, guitar and keyboards
• Alice, Exit (1998) – wrote the lyrics of "Open Your Eyes"
• Various Artists, Hommage to Polnareff (1999) – sang lead vocals on "Jour Après Jour"
• Jackie Leven, Defending Ancient Springs (2000) – played harmonium, guitar and keyboard on "Murbid Sky"
• Judge Smith, Curly's Airships (2000) – performed the part of Lord Thomson
• Ayuo, Earth Guitar – 1000 Springs And Other Stories (2000) – sang the gothic choir and did poetry reading
• Premiata Forneria Marconi, PFM Live in Japan 2002 (2002) – sang lead vocals on "Sea of Memory"
• David Rhodes, Bittersweet (2009) – sang backing vocals
• Memories of Machines, Warm Winter (2011) – played guitar
• Tim Bowness, Stupid Things That Mean The World (2015) – backing vocals and slide guitar

Work as producer

• Random Hold (1979, 5-song EP, later included in Avalanche) for Random Hold (David Rhodes, David Ferguson, Bill MacCormick, Peter Phipps)
• The View From Here (1979 LP, later included in Avalanche) for Random Hold
• "Etceteraville" / "Precarious Timbers" (1979, SP, later included in Avalanche) for Random Hold
• "Cause & Effect" / "What Happened" (1980, SP, later included in Avalanche) for Random Hold
• Etceteraville (1980, US release LP, later included in Avalanche) for Random Hold
• Avalanche (1980 double LP); re-released as The View From Here (2001 double CD), for Random Hold
• The Bristol Recorder 3 (1981, LP) for Essential Bop tracks
• "Playing For Time" / "Romantic" (1982, SP); "Romantic" track for Julia Downes
• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (1983, LP); two tracks for Julia Downes
• The Flick Was Boss (1984, LP) for Essential Bop
• Still Looking For Heaven On Earth (1988, CD); "Feel That Way" for Crazy House (David Luckhurst and Peter Parsons)
• "Burning Rain" / "Garden Of Luck" (1988, SP); "Burning Rain" track for Crazy House
• Fractal Bridge (1996 CD) for David Jackson

References

External links

• Official Peter Hammill website (and Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator CD shop)
• Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator fan site