Over the Next Hill
2004 studio album by Fairport Convention
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Studio album by Fairport Convention | ||||
Released | 2004 | |||
Recorded | March – April 2004 | |||
Genre | British folk rock | |||
Label | Matty Grooves Records | |||
Producer | Dave Pegg | |||
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Over the Next Hill is a 2004 album by the band Fairport Convention.
Recording
The album was recorded during March and April 2004 at Dave Pegg's Woodworm Studio, Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire, UK. It was engineered and mixed by Mark Tucker, and the executive producer was Dave Pegg. It was the first release on the band's newly created Matty Grooves Records label.
Reception
Over the Next Hill was described by Mojo as "simply [Fairport's] best album in 25 years".[citation needed]
Track listing
- "Over the Next Hill" (Steve Tilston) – 4:21
- "I'm Already There" (Chris Leslie) – 6:41
- "Wait for the Tide to Come In" (Ben Bennion) – 4:37
- "Canny Capers" (Ric Sanders) – 5:11
- "Over the Falls" (Chris Leslie) – 4:31
- "The Wassail Song" (Traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) – 3:16
- "The Fossil Hunter" (Chris Leslie) – 6:15
- "Willow Creek" (Steve Tilston, Chris Parkinson) – 3:51
- "Westward" (Julie Matthews) – 4:09
- "Some Special Place" (Ric Sanders) – 3:39
- "Si Tu Dois Partir" – (Bob Dylan) 3:27
- "Auld Lang Syne" (hidden track) - (Traditional)
Personnel
- Simon Nicol – guitar, vocals
- Ric Sanders – mandolin, violin
- Chris Leslie – mandolin, bouzouki, violin, ukulele, vocals, Native American flute, electric mandolin
- Dave Pegg – 5-string bass, acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, vocals, double bass
- Gerry Conway – percussion, drums
- Additional personnel
- Martin Lamble - percussion on "Si Tu Dois Partir" (added from original 1969 recording)
- Anna Ryder - accordion
- Chris While - vocals on "Si Tu Dois Partir"
- Simon & Hilary Mayor - vocals on "Auld Lang Syne"
References
- ^ Nickson, Chris. Over the Next Hill at AllMusic
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- Simon Nicol
- Dave Pegg
- Ric Sanders
- Chris Leslie
- Dave Mattacks
- Richard Thompson
- Ashley Hutchings
- Martin Lamble
- Judy Dyble
- Iain Matthews
- Sandy Denny
- Dave Swarbrick
- Trevor Lucas
- Jerry Donahue
- Bruce Rowland
- Dan Ar Braz
- Maartin Allcock
- Gerry Conway
- Fairport Convention (1968)
- What We Did on Our Holidays (1969)
- Unhalfbricking (1969)
- Liege & Lief (1969)
- Full House (1970)
- Angel Delight (1971)
- "Babbacombe" Lee (1971)
- Rosie (1973)
- Nine (1973)
- Rising for the Moon (1975)
- Gottle O'Geer (1976)
- The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977)
- Tipplers Tales (1978)
- Gladys' Leap (1985)
- Expletive Delighted! (1986)
- In Real Time: Live '87 (1987)
- Red & Gold (1988)
- The Five Seasons (1990)
- Jewel in the Crown (1995)
- Old New Borrowed Blue (1996)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1997)
- The Wood and the Wire (1999)
- XXXV (2001)
- Over the Next Hill (2004)
- Sense of Occasion (2007)
- Festival Bell (2011)
- By Popular Request (2012)
- Myths and Heroes (2015)
- 50:50@50 (2017)
- Shuffle and Go (2020)
- "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968)
- "Meet on the Ledge" (1968)
- "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969)
- "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969)
- "Now Be Thankful" (1970)
- Fairport Live Convention (1974)
- Live at the L.A. Troubadour (1977)
- Farewell, Farewell (1979)
- Moat on the Ledge - Live at Broughton Castle (1982)
- House Full (1986)
- Heyday (1987)
- From Past Archives (1994)
- Live at the BBC (2007)
- Off the Desk (2008)
- The History of Fairport Convention (1972)
- Fairport Chronicles (1976)
- The Cropredy Box (1998)