Remastered 4CD boxset featuring the first four studio albums issued on Fie! Records. Format: CD / Cat No: ECLEC42932 / PRE-ORDER Release Date: 24/04/2026
Track Listing: CD 1 - Fireships: 1. I Will Find You / 2. Curtains / 3. His Best Girl / 4. Oasis / 5. Incomplete Surrender / 6. Fireships / 7. Given Time / 8. Reprise / 9. Gaia
CD 2 - The Noise: 1. A Kick To Kill The Kiss / 2. Like A Shot, The Entertainer / 3. The Noise / 4. Celebrity Kissing / 5. Where The Mouth Is / 6. The Great European Department Store / 7. Planet Coventry / 8. Primo On The Parapet
CD 3 - Roaring Forties: 1. Sharply Unclear / 2. The Gift Of Fire (Precursed) / 3. The Gift Of Fire (Talk Turkey) / 4. You Can’t Want What You Always Get / 5. If You Haven’t Got It Yet / A Headlong Stretch: 6. Up Ahead / 7. Continental Drift / 8. The Twelve / 9. Long Light / 10. Backwards Man / 11. As You Were / 12. Or So I Said / 13. Your Tall Ship
CD 4 - X My Heart: 1. A Better Time (A capella) / 2. Amnesiac / 3. Ram Origami / 4. A Forest of Pronouns / 5. Earthbound / 6. Narcissus (Bar & Grill) / 7. Material Possession / 8. Come Clean / 9. A Better Time
More information: The first four studio albums issued on Peter Hammill's Fie! Records are Fireships (1992), The Noise (1993), Roaring Forties (1995) and X Cross My Heart (1996).
The introspective 'Fireships' remains a career highlight, while the 20 minute 'A Headlong Stretch' from 'Roaring Forties' shows Hammill displaying a VdGG level of invention and edge.
The booklet includes rare images and commentary from Peter Hammill.
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