Force The Hand Of Chance was the debut album of English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 group Psychic TV

Psychic TV

Psychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music...

. The initial 5,000 pressings included Themes

Themes (Psychic TV album)

Themes is an album by Psychic TV originally included with the initial 5,000 pressings of Force The Hand Of Chance.-Reissues:* The album was remixed and re-released in 1992 as Cold Dark Matter....

and a poster.

The album spawned the single "Just Drifting

Just Drifting

Just Drifting is a single by Psychic TV for their album Force The Hand Of Chance. It was on 7" and 12" vinyl.The B-side run-out groove reads: BREAKTHROUGH IN THE GREY ROOM.-Personnel:...

".

Track listing

Music by Peter Christopherson

Peter Christopherson

Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....

, Alex Fergusson

Alex Fergusson (musician)

Alex Fergusson is a Scottish guitarist / record producer.Fergusson formed the punk band Alternative TV with Mark Perry in 1977, and a few years later Psychic TV with Genesis P Orridge...

 and Genesis P-Orridge

Genesis P-Orridge

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is an English singer-songwriter, musician, writer and artist. P-Orridge's early confrontational performance work in COUM Transmissions in the late 1960s and early 1970s along with the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, which dealt with subjects such as prostitution,...

.

Words by Genesis P-Orridge

1982 12" vinyl pressing

Side A:

1. "Just Drifting
   Just Drifting
   Just Drifting is a single by Psychic TV for their album Force The Hand Of Chance. It was on 7" and 12" vinyl.The B-side run-out groove reads: BREAKTHROUGH IN THE GREY ROOM.-Personnel:...
   
   "
2. "Terminus"
3. "Stolen Kisses"
   • Vocals by: Marc Almond
     Marc Almond
     Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
     
     
4. "Caresse"

Side B:

1. "Guiltless"
   • Vocals by: Marc Almond
     Marc Almond
     Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
     
     
2. "No Go Go"
3. "Ov Power"
   • Brass instrumentation: Claude Deppa
     Claude Deppa
     Claude Deppa is a jazz trumpeter born in Cape Town, South Africa, probably best known for his work with the Brotherhood of Breath and Carla Bley.-Discography:#Toi Toi...
     
     , Kennie Wellington
4. "Message From The Temple"

Personnel

• Peter Christopherson
  Peter Christopherson
  Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....
  
  : Keyboards, Electronic Percussion, Tubular Bells, Vocals
• Alex Fergusson
  Alex Fergusson (musician)
  Alex Fergusson is a Scottish guitarist / record producer.Fergusson formed the punk band Alternative TV with Mark Perry in 1977, and a few years later Psychic TV with Genesis P Orridge...
  
  : Lead, Bass and Acoustic Guitars, Tambourine
• Genesis P-Orridge
  Genesis P-Orridge
  Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is an English singer-songwriter, musician, writer and artist. P-Orridge's early confrontational performance work in COUM Transmissions in the late 1960s and early 1970s along with the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, which dealt with subjects such as prostitution,...
  
  : Vocals, Keyboards, Real Percussion, Bass Guitar

With

• Kennie Wellington and Claude Deppa
  Claude Deppa
  Claude Deppa is a jazz trumpeter born in Cape Town, South Africa, probably best known for his work with the Brotherhood of Breath and Carla Bley.-Discography:#Toi Toi...
  
   - Brass on "Ov Power"
• Marc Almond
  Marc Almond
  Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
  
   - Vocals on "Guiltless and Stolen Kisses"
• Mr Sebastian
  Alan Oversby
  Alan Oversby was one of the primary figures in the development of contemporary body piercing in Europe. He was better known by his professional name Mr. Sebastian....
  
   - Vocals on "Message from the Temple"

All Strings arranged and conducted by Andrew Poppy

Andrew Poppy

Andrew Poppy is an English composer, pianist, and record producer.-Biography:From 1974 to 1979 he studied music at Royal Holloway College and Goldsmiths College University of London, studying piano with Susan Bradshaw and earning a B.M...

Produced by Psychic TV and Ken Thomas

Ken Thomas

Kenneth Rowland Thomas OBE was a Welsh trade unionist and General Secretary of the Civil and Public Services Association .-Early life:...

Engineer - Ken Thomas

Additional Engineering - Craig Milliner


Closing message a "Zuccarelli Holophonic

Holophonics

Holophonics is a binaural recording system created by Hugo Zuccarelli that is claimed to be based on the claim that the auditory system acts as an interferometer. The sound characteristics of Holophonics are most clearly heard through headphones, though can be demonstrated to be effective with 2...

" TM Recording with the assistance of Mike King