pH7
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pH7 (1979) could be paired with The Future Now, for there are many similarities in the instrumentation and song-writing. This album though, feels just a touch more polished.
pH7 shows just how extensive Hammill’s songwriting is with acoustic songs such as Not For Keith all the way to the nightmarish (and brilliant) Porton Down, which features a killer saxophone solo by David Jackson. |
Some vinyl releases of this album featured an additional track, Polaroid, with Hammill singing in a jokey Cockney voice.
Hammill’s lyric writing is also superb on tracks like Handicap And Equality. However, this album, as strong as it is, opens with the cringe-inducing limp My Favourite - so just skip past that one track and you will see (once again) Hammill at his brilliant best.