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Not to be confused with Sitting Targets, of the BBC drama series Screen Two.

1981 studio album by Peter Hammill
Sitting Targets
Studio album by Peter Hammill
Released5 June 1981 (5 June 1981)
RecordedNovember 1980–February 1981
StudioSofa Sound, Wiltshire
GenreArt rock
Length44:24
LabelVirgin
ProducerPeter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
A Black Box
(1980) 		Sitting Targets
(1981) 		Enter K
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Sounds(surprising)

Sitting Targets is the tenth studio album by Peter Hammill, released on Virgin Records in June 1981. It contains several songs in the raw new wave style typical of Hammill's work in the late 1970s and early 1980s, following the dissolution of his band Van der Graaf Generator, and one of his occasional tender ballads, "Ophelia". "Stranger Still", "Sign" and "Central Hotel" have all been regularly performed by Hammill live in recent years.

"Ophelia" was re-worked for Hammill's 1984 album The Love Songs.

Artwork

The cover features crash test dummies in photographs supplied by the Ford Motor Company.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Hammill

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Breakthrough"4:01
2."My Experience"3:20
3."Ophelia"3:16
4."Empress's Clothes"4:07
5."Glue"3:49
6."Hesitation"4:11
Total length:22:41
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sitting Targets"5:27
2."Stranger Still"5:00
3."Sign"3:50
4."What I Did"3:43
5."Central Hotel"4:42
Total length:22:41

Personnel

Technical

  • Peter Hammill - recording engineer (Sofa Sound, Wiltshire)
  • David Lord - mixing (Crescent Studios, Bath)
  • Rocking Russian - design
  • Ford Motor Company - photography

References

  1. "Music week" (PDF). p. 23.
  2. Couture, François. Sitting Targets at AllMusic
  3. Sounds review

External links

Peter Hammill
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
  • "Red Shift" (1973)
  • "Birthday Special" (1975)
  • "Crying Wolf" (1977)
  • "If I Could" (1978)
  • "The Polaroid" (1979)
  • "My Experience" (1981)
  • "Paradox Drive" (1982)
  • "Film Noir" (1983)
  • "Just Good Friends" (1985)
  • "Painting by Numbers" (1986)
  • A Fix on the Mix (1992) ‎(CD, EP)
Live videos
  • In the Passionskirche (1992)
  • Live at Rockpalast - Hamburg 1981 (2016)
Compilation albums
  • Vision (1978)
  • The Love Songs (1984)
  • The Essential Collection (1986)
  • The Storm (Before the Calm) (1993)
  • The Calm (After the Storm) (1993)
  • Offensichtlich Goldfisch (1993)
  • After the Show - A Collection (1996)
  • Past Go: Collected (1996)
  • The Thin Man Sings Ballads (2002)
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