Cascade (Peter Murphy album)

Cascade is the fifth studio album by English musician Peter Murphy. It was released on 11 April 1995, through Atlantic and Beggars Banquet Records. Produced by Pascal Gabriel, it is Murphy's last album on Beggars Banquet and first album not to feature his backing band, The Hundred Men, which disbanded after Holy Smoke tour.

Murphy embarked a five-week joint North American tour in 1995 with American singer Jewel in support of Cascade and Jewel's debut album, Pieces of You.

Critical reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic was positive in his assessment of the album. Raggett wrote: "Another step further up in Murphy's continuing embrace of generally positive, inspiring work, Cascade shows him once again not repeating himself." He also stated: "With a slightly quirky Statham keyboard loop starting things out, it develops from a minimal vocal/electric guitar combination into a huge, skybound declaration of love and devotion. It's Murphy at his most commanding and passionate, and the band's brilliant performance doesn't let up a jot." CMJ reviewer Chris Molanphy described the album as "the sort of stuff MTV used to play after midnight five years ago – groovy, inoffensive, unfashionable and kinda stupid. As guilty pleasures go, you could do a lot worse."

Personnel

 * Peter Murphy – vocals, lyrics, cover concept


 * Additional musicians
 * Anna Ross – backing vocals
 * Gary Twigg – bass
 * Geoff Dugmore – drums
 * Kevin Armstrong – guitar
 * Michael Brook – infinite guitar
 * Paul Statham – guitar, keyboards, programming


 * Other personnel
 * Pascal Gabriel – production, programming
 * Pete Schwier – mixing, engineering
 * Shamil Agun – cover art
 * Sevil Sert – photography
 * Eric Tims – photography
 * Stephen Webbon – design

Chart positions

 * Album