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Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

2008 · Rock, Pop

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Love Is Overtaking Me by Arthur Russell

Love Is Overtaking Me is a Folk album by Arthur Russell, originally released in 2008. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

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Love Is Overtaking Me is a posthumous album By Arthur Russell comprised of 21 demos and home recordings of unreleased pop, folk and country songs from Arthur’s vast catalogue. Compiled from over eight hours of material,the record reaches back further to Russell’s first compositions from the early `70s and spans forward to his very last recordings, made at home in 1991. Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear contributed mixing, restoration and editing to the album, whose tracks were selected by Audika’s Steve Knutson, Ernie Brooks and Russell’s companion, Tom Lee. Several songs feature prominently in Matt Wolf’s film ‘Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell’. While much critical and popular affection for Russell’s music has come about well after his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, many fellow artists believed in his genius and were drawn to collaborate with him during his lifetime. The legendary producer John Hammond (Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen) recorded Russell on several occasions; a number of these recordings can be heard on ‘Love Is Overtaking Me’. Alongside songs recorded with various incarnations of The Flying Hearts, a group formed by Russell with Ernie Brooks whose shifting line up included, by turns, Jerry Harrison, Rhys Chatham, Jon Gibson, Peter Gordon and Peter Zummo as well as Larry Saltzman and David Van Tieghem. Several other Russell projects are represented on Love Is Overtaking Me, including The Sailboats, Turbo Sporty and Bright & Early.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Close My Eyes2:34
  2. 2Goodbye Old Paint3:40
  3. 3Maybe She2:51
  4. 4Oh Fernanda Why2:40
  5. 5Time Away2:14
  6. 6Nobody Wants A Lonely Heart2:27
  7. 7I Couldn't Say It To Your Face2:38
  8. 8This Time Dad You're Wrong2:27
  9. 9What It's Like5:43
  10. 10Eli1:53
  11. 11Hey! How Does Everybody Know4:08
  12. 12I Forget And I Can't Tell (Ballad Of The Lights Pt. 1)2:02
  13. 13Habit Of You3:11
  14. 14Janine2:09
  15. 15Big Moon2:15
  16. 16Your Motion Says2:40
  17. 17The Letter4:15
  18. 18Don't Forget About Me3:28
  19. 19Love Is Overtaking Me3:39
  20. 20Planted A Thought3:30
  21. 21Love Comes Back3:38
  22. 22Apple to the Orange5:31
  23. 23Every Face in Every Window8:08

Sound DNA

  • Folk
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • warm
  • tender
  • pastoral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Comes in a digipak. Includes 12-page booklet.
Track 2 is public domain

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Andy PaleyDRUMS
  • Arthur RussellCELLO, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS VOCALS
  • Bob MaizeBASS
  • Darrius ThabitGUITAR
  • David LaFlammeVIOLIN
  • David StoneVIOLIN
  • David Van TieghemDRUMS
  • Ernie BrooksBASS
  • Garrett ListTROMBONE
  • Huzur NawazCLARINET
  • Jason KlagstadGUITAR
  • Jerry HarrisonORGAN
  • Jesse ChamberlainDRUMS
  • John BergamoTABLA
  • John SchermanGUITAR
  • Johnie BartelVIOLIN
  • Jon GibsonCLARINET
  • Jon SholleGUITAR

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