Over Fly Over

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| released = 9 May 2005

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Over Fly Over is the fifth album by Kathryn Williams. It was released on CAW Records on 9 May 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kathryn-Williams-Over-Fly-Over/release/812631|title=Kathryn Williams - Over Fly Over|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-03-26}}

The Guardian newspaper thought the songs "beautifully wrought and not without its own kind of gentle surprises",{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/06/popandrock.shopping4|title=Kathryn Williams, Over Fly Over|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=2005-05-06|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-03-27}} and MusicOMH called it "the sound of a woman reborn...her best album yet".{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/kathryn-williams-over-fly-over|title=Kathryn Williams - Over Fly Over {{!}} Albums {{!}} musicOMH|website=musicOMH|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-03-27}} The BBC, however, suggested "it feels over produced, undercooked, slipping through one ear and falling out the other."{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dzp2|title=BBC - Music - Review of Kathryn Williams - Over Fly Over|last=Long|first=Chris|access-date=2016-03-27}}

Track listing

  1. Three – 4:19
  2. Indifference #1 – 3:01
  3. Breath – 3:48
  4. Old Low Light #2 – 4:37
  5. Just Like A Birthday – 3:38
  6. Shop Window – 2:36
  7. Beachy Head – 5:35
  8. Escaping – 3:10
  9. City Streets – 4:14
  10. Untilt The Dark – 1:56
  11. Baby Blues – 3:51
  12. Full Colour – 3:52

Personnel

  • Kathryn Williams – guitar, vocals, piano, percussion & backing vocals
  • Laura Reid – cello, piano & backing vocals
  • David Scott – guitar, organ & backing vocals
  • Keith Morris - bass clarinet
  • Johnny Bridgwood – double bass & “noises”
  • Alex Tustin – drums & percussion
  • Steve Honest – pedal steel guitar
  • Graham Hardy – flugelhorn & trumpet
  • Brendan Murphy – vibraphone
  • Jo Montgomery – violin

Recording details

All songs written by Kathryn Williams except:

Track 1 – written by Kathryn Williams, David Scott & Laura Reid

Track 2 – written by Kathryn Williams & David Scott

Track 8 & 10 – written by Kathryn Williams & Laura Reid

Recorded by Dave Maughan in Newcastle and Darius Kedros in London.

References