Over (album)

Over is the sixth studio album by the English singer and songwriter Peter Hammill, released on Charisma Records in April 1977. It was issued for the first time on CD on Virgin Records in the early 1990s, and was reissued again in a remastered version in 2006 with bonus tracks.

Over
Studio album by
Peter Hammill
ReleasedApril 1977
Recorded27 June – 4 July 1976
Studio
GenreArt rock
Length46:51
LabelCharisma
ProducerPeter Hammill
Peter Hammill chronology
Nadir's Big Chance
(1975)		 Over
(1977)		 The Future Now
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The album details the break-up of a long-term relationship with a woman known as Alice. The album was originally to be called Over My Shoulder with a different cover shot in which Hammill was caught looking back over his shoulder with a very mixed expression.[2]

The album was recorded during a period of line-up change for Hammill's band Van der Graaf Generator. It features VdGG drummer Guy Evans, VdGG's future recruit Graham Smith (formerly of String Driven Thing) on violin, and the return of VdGG's bass player from 1969 to 1970, Nic Potter.

"This Side of the Looking Glass" was re-worked for Hammill's 1984 album The Love Songs.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Hammill.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Crying Wolf"5:13
2."Autumn"4:18
3."Time Heals"8:44
4."Alice (Letting Go)"5:40
Total length:23:55
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."This Side of the Looking Glass"7:00
2."Betrayed"4:45
3."(On Tuesdays She Used to Do) Yoga"3:57
4."Lost and Found"7:14
Total length:22:56
2006 CD reissue
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Betrayed"BBC session, 13 April 1977, with Graham Smith4:44
2."Autumn"BBC session, 13 April 1977, with Graham Smith4:45
3."This Side of the Looking Glass"All Saints Unitarian Church, Kansas City, US, 16 February 19784:12

Personnel

Technical
  • Dave Anderson, Ian Gomm – recording engineers (Foel Studio, Llanfair Caereinion)
  • Pat Moran – recording engineer, mixing (Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire)
  • Frank Sansom – art direction
  • Sebastian Keep – photography

References
  1. McDonald, Steven. Over at AllMusic
  2. http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/over.htm
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