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Over the Hump

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{{Infobox album

| name = Over the Hump

| type = studio

| artist = The Kelly Family

| cover = Over the hump.jpg

| alt =

| released = 26 August 1994

| recorded = 1994

| venue =

| studio = Sound Studio N
(Cologne, Germany)

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|pop rock|folk}}

| length = 49:46

| label = KEL-Life

| producer = {{hlist|Dan Kelly|Mike Ungefehr (exec.)|Kathy Kelly|Hartmut Pfannmüller}}

| prev_title = The Very Best Over 10 Years

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Christmas for All

| next_year = 1995

}}

Over the Hump is the eighth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Co-produced by Hartmut Müller and Kathy Kelly and recorded at the Sound Studio N in Cologne, it was released on 26 August 1994 throughout most of Europe. The album reached number-one in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, resulting in the group's breakthrough in German-speaking Europe after years of minor successful studio and live releases. It peaked at 17 in their native Ireland and also entered the top 30 in the Netherlands, Norway and Spain and sold more than 1.8 million copies within the first five months of its release.{{cite web|title=Meine Familie und ICH|date=1995-10-10|work=Focus|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/popmusik-meine-familie-und-ich_aid_154455.html|accessdate=2008-09-20|language=German}}

Over the Hump eventually sold more than 2.25 million copies in Germany alone, making it one of the biggest-selling albums of German origin to date.{{cite web|title=Die Meistestverkauftesten|date=2008-03-05|work=ZEIT Online|url=http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/10/bg-bestverkauft?17|accessdate=2008-09-20|language=German}} It produced the band's first number-one hit single, "An Angel", and yielded three further top twenty singles "Why Why Why", "Roses of Red" and "First Time". In 2019, The Kelly Family produced the studio album 25 Years Later to commemorate with the release of Over the Hump.{{cite web|title=25 Years Later|publisher=Amazon.de|url=https://www.amazon.de/|accessdate=2019-10-05}}

Track listing

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| headline =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length =

| title1 = Why Why Why

| note1 = lead vocals: Joey, Paddy

| writer1 = The Kelly Family

| extra1 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length1 = 3:33

| title2 = Father's Nose

| note2 = lead vocals: Kathy

| writer2 = The Kelly Family

| extra2 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length2 = 3:18

| title3 = First Time

| note3 = lead vocals: Patricia

| writer3 = The Kelly Family

| extra3 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length3 = 4:14

| title4 = Baby Smile

| note4 = lead vocals: Barby

| writer4 = The Kelly Family

| extra4 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length4 = 3:36

| title5 = Cover the Road

| note5 = lead vocals: Jimmy

| writer5 = The Kelly Family

| extra5 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length5 = 3:59

| title6 = She's Crazy

| note6 = lead vocals: Barby

| writer6 = The Kelly Family

| extra6 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length6 = 3:40

| title7 = Ares qui

| note7 = lead vocals: Paddy, Kathy, Jimmy

| writer7 = The Kelly Family

| extra7 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length7 = 3:49

| title8 = Key to My Heart

| note8 = lead vocals: Paddy, Joey

| writer8 = The Kelly Family

| extra8 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly|Dan Kelly}}

| length8 = 2:57

| title9 = Roses of Red

| note9 = lead vocals: Maite

| writer9 = The Kelly Family

| extra9 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length9 = 3:46

| title10 = Once in a While

| note10 = lead vocals: Angelo

| writer10 = The Kelly Family

| extra10 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length10 = 2:52

| title11 = Break Free

| note11 = lead vocals: Barby

| writer11 = The Kelly Family

| extra11 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length11 = 2:37

| title12 = An Angel

| note12 = lead vocals: Paddy, Angelo

| writer12 = The Kelly Family

| extra12 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length12 = 3:44

| title13 = The Wolf

| note13 = lead vocals: Joey

| writer13 = The Kelly Family

| extra13 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length13 = 3:25

| title14 = Santa Maria

| note14 = lead vocals: Johnny, Angelo

| writer14 = The Kelly Family

| extra14 = {{hlist|Hartmut Pfannmüller|Kathy Kelly}}

| length14 = 3:07

}}

Personnel

Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Over the Hump |others=The Kelly Family|date=1994 |type=CD liner |publisher=KEL-Life Records}}

Instruments and performances

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  • Johann Daansen – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Angelo Kelly – vocals, drums
  • Barby Kelly – vocals, guitar, perkusie, conga, tamburina
  • Jimmy Kelly – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussions, accordion
  • Joey Kelly – vocals, electric guitar
  • John Kelly – vocals, acoustic guitar, drums

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  • Kathy Kelly – vocals, piano, keyboards, accordion, hurdy gurdy
  • Maite Kelly – vocals
  • Paddy Kelly – vocals, guitar, electric guitar, drums, keyboards, flute
  • Patricia Kelly – vocals, bombo
  • Hartmut Pfannmüller – drums

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Technical and production

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  • Album producers: Dan Kelly, Kathy Kelly, Paddy Kelly
  • Executive producers: Dan Kelly, Mike Ungefehr
  • Writing: The Kelly Family
  • Recording: Günther Kasper
  • Mastering: Radu Marinescu, Pfannmüller

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  • Mixing: Pfannmüller
  • Mixing assistance: Kathy Kelly, Ungefehr
  • Photography: Thomas Stachelhaus
  • Hairstyling: Uschi Ries
  • Cover design: Dan Kelly and so.wie?.so!

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+Chart performance for Over the Hump

scope="col"|Chart (1994–2020)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=The Kelly Family|album=Over the Hump|rowheader=yes|access-date=10 February 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|24|artist=The Kelly Family|album=Over the Hump|rowheader=yes|access-date=10 February 2021}}
scope="row"|European Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-01-28.pdf|title=European Top 100 Albums|publisher=Music and Media|page=20|date=28 January 1995|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|11

{{album chart|Germany4|1|artist=The Kelly Family|album=Over the Hump|id=1965|rowheader=yes|access-date=10 February 2021}}
scope="row"|Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista/1996/9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210104718/https://slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista/1996/9|archive-date=10 February 2021|url-status=live|title=Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996.02.26. – 1996.03.03.|publisher=Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége|language=hu|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|3

{{album chart|Norway|26|artist=The Kelly Family|album=Over the Hump|rowheader=yes|access-date=10 February 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=The Kelly Family|album=Over the Hump|rowheader=yes|access-date=10 February 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+Year-end chart performance for Over the Hump

!scope="col" style="width:17em;"|Chart (1994)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|European Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-12-24.pdf|title=1994 In Review – European Top 100 Albums|publisher=Music and Media|page=24|date=24 December 1994|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|97

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" style="width:17em;"|Chart (1995)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119200300/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1995|archive-date=19 November 2017|url-status=live|title=Jahreshitparade – Alben 1995|publisher=Hung Medien|language=de|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|1

scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620005440/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=a|archive-date=20 June 2019|url-status=live|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1995|publisher=Hung Medien|language=nl|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|76

scope="row"|European Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-12-23.pdf|title=Year-End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1995|publisher=Music and Media|page=14|date=23 December 1995|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|11

scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1995/alben|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210111833/http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1995/alben|archive-date=10 February 2021|url-status=live|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1995 – Alben|publisher=Hung Medien|language=de|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|1

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" style="width:17em;"|Chart (1996)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070825/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1996|archive-date=9 November 2018|url-status=live|title=Jahreshitparade – Alben 1996|publisher=Hung Medien|language=de|access-date=10 February 2021}}

|47

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Sales certifications for Over the Hump}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=08|region=Austria|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1995|certref={{cite web|last=Bakker|first=Machgiel|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-12-23.pdf|title=Under-Age Successes|publisher=Music and Media|page=15|date=23 December 1995|access-date=10 February 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=08|region=Denmark|award=Gold|certyear=1995|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=08|region=Germany|award=Gold|number=9|certyear=1995|artist=The Kelly Family|title=Over The Hump|access-date=10 February 2021|salesamount=3,000,000|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002343/19970723/549/0068|title=The Kelly Family|work=Gorey Guardian|page=68|date=23 July 1997|access-date=30 December 2021|quote=Their debut album, 'Over The Hump' sold over 4 million copies in Europe, 3 million of them in Germany alone.|url-access=subscription}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=08|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|certyear=1995|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=08|region=Poland|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1997|artist=Kelly Family|title=Over the Hump|certmonth=1|access-date=10 February 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=08|region=Spain|award=Platinum|certyear=1996|certref={{cite book|last=Salaverrie|first=Fernando|date=September 2005|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/pd758fesp2w7i7f/Spanish+Certifications+for+1996-1999.pdf|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|language=es|edition=1st|location=Madrid|publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE|page=942|isbn=84-8048-639-2|access-date=10 February 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=08|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1995|certref=}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1994|region=Europe|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1995|certref={{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-09-16.pdf|title=European Top 100 Albums|publisher=Music and Media|page=17|date=16 September 1995|access-date=10 February 2021}}|salesamount=4,000,000|salesref=}}

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.kellyfamily.de/ KellyFamily.de] – official website

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Category:1994 albums

Category:The Kelly Family albums