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''Thin Air'' is British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill's 30th solo album, released on his own Fie! Records label in June 2009. It was additionally made available as digital download through Burning Shed Records. As on his previous release, ''Singularity'', Hammill played all instruments, wrote all the songs and produced the album. The main theme of the album is disappearance, as Hammill told British music magazine Mojo in February 2009: "it became apparent fairly quickly that strong thematic links were running through the songs' lyrics: disappearance, change, loss, dislocation in various forms were stitched through all of them."〔(Mojo piece )〕 Another topic reappearing in several songs is the one of the World Trade Center along with images of planes, though Hammill denied "any direct" reference to 9/11.〔(Sofasound newsletter June 2009 )〕 According to Allmusic, ''Thin Air'' "may be less experimental than ''Singularity'', but bleaker -- and a more cohesive, consistent artistic proposition." The songs contain "almost no percussion, just acoustic guitars, piano, some gnarly electric guitar lines, bass, and those massed and intertwined back vocals that have become his signature".〔[]〕 The album's cover was again created by Paul Ridout, using stills from his video work "Minutely Observed Horizon". == Track listing == All tracks composed by Peter Hammill #"The Mercy" - 6:21 #"Your Face on the Street" - 5:21 #"Stumbled" - 4:48 #"Wrong Way Round" - 2:40 #"Ghosts of Planes" - 5:23 #"If We Must Part Like This" - 4:38 #"Undone" - 4:25 #"Diminished" - 6:11 #"The Top of the World Club" - 7:03 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thin Air (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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