CHAMELEON IN THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHT

This was Peter Hammill's second solo album and IMHO one of the truly most remarkable moments for Hammill. With over two-thirds of the album basically plays like a musical solioquay, as Hammill congers up some pretty sparse and dark imagery put to his emotive voice with gentle guitar and piano accompaniment. The other third of the album features the cast from VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR with Hugh Banton (organ, bass), David Jackson ( sax, flute) and Guy Evans (drums) and takes on a slight more classic VDG vibe. I love the deep personal and soft delicate approach this album takes remaining highly acoustic and quite cerebral. Musically this album hosts some pretty classic moments with tunes like "What's It Worth" and "Slender Threads".