Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me [Digipak] [10/28] *

Artist:

Russell, Arthur

Description:

Personnel: Arthur Russell (vocals, guitar, cello, keyboards, drum programming); Steven Hall (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Rob Shepperson (vocals, drums); Joyce Bowden (vocals); Jonathan Paley (guitar, drums, tambourine); Darrius Thabit, Randy Gunn, Kent Goshorn, John Scharman, Jason Klagstad, Jon Sholle, Larry Saltzman (guitar); Cecil Milligan (tamboura); Johnie Bartel, David LaFlamme, David Stone, Sid Page (violin); Michael Adams (flute); Jon Gibson, Huzur Nawaz (clarinet); Peter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Peter Zummo, Garrett List (trombone); Jerry Harrison (organ); Ernie Brooks, Bob Maize, STEVE WARREN (bass instrument); Rick Jaeger, Jesse Chamberlain, Andy Paley, David Van Tieghem (drums); Mustafa Ahmed (conga drum, percussion); John Bergamo (tabla).
A gifted cellist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Arthur Russell was a ubiquitous if often underappreciated player on New York`s avant-garde and dance music scenes throughout the `70s and `80s. Russell was an inveterate perfectionist who was notoriously reluctant to release his recorded work, and new facets of his musical legacy continue to come to light as more of his previously unreleased material surfaces.
Audika Records were responsible for 2006`s incredible FIRST THOUGHT BEST THOUGHT collection, which featured many of Russell`s more ambitious classical compositions, and they`ve followed it up with LOVE IS OVERTAKING ME, a group of previously unreleased recordings that showcase an entirely different side of Russell`s musical personality. The record features a series of simple but sharply written pop tunes that veer from heartfelt, country-inflected laments to ambitious proto-New Wave. Though stylistically diverse, all of these recordings exhibit the unerring melodic brilliance, beguiling sincerity, and fierce inventiveness that have made Russell an underground icon.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Close My Eyes
2. Goodbye Old Paint
3. Maybe She
4. Oh Fernanda Why
5. Time Away
6. Nobody Wants A Lonely Heart
7. I Couldn`t Say It To Your Face
8. This Time Dad You`re Wrong
9. What It`s Like
10. Eli
11. Hey! How Does Everybody Know
12. I Forget And I Can`t Tell (Ballad Of The Lights Pt. 1)
13. Habit Of You
14. Janine
15. Big Moon
16. Your Motion Says
17. Letter, The
18. Don`t Forget About Me
19. Love Is Overtaking Me
20. Planted A Thought
21. Love Comes Back

Album Information

Release Date:

10/28/2008

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alternative

Label:

Audika

Producer:

Arthur Russell; John Hammond

Catalog Number:

AU-1010-2

Original Release Year:

2008

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

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