Over the Moon (The Verlaines album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Over the Moon
| type = studio
| artist = The Verlaines
| cover = The Verlaines - Over the Moon.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = 1996
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length =
| label = Columbia
| producer = Verlaines and Tex Houston
| prev_title = Ready to Fly (The Verlaines album)
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = You're Just Too Obscure for Me
| next_year = 2003
}}
Over the Moon is a 1997 album by The Verlaines on Columbia Records. Unlike their previous records, this album was only released in New Zealand and is not well known to their international fans.Fisher, Dave.
[http://home.golden.net/~tekapo/type/verlaines.html "Too Much Beauty in One Fell Sweep"], July 1999. Retrieved on 2011-02-07.
Track listing
All songs written by Graeme Downes.
- "Hanging by Strands" - 3:38
- "Bonfire" - 3:13
- "Sky-Blue Window" - 4:27
- "Jailhouse 4.00am" - 4:00
- "Feather Fell" - 3:33
- "Perfect Day" - 4:09
- "When I Fall" - 3:35
- "Uncle Big Jaw's Late-Night Farewell" - 2:56
- "Dunderhead" - 4:03
- "Dawdling on the Bridge" - 3:29
- "Writing on the Wall" - 3:39
- "Reasons for Leaving" - 5:40
- "Coming Back to You" - 4:05
Personnel
- Graeme Downes - Guitars, vocals, keyboards, oboe, cheap shot cello, mixing
- Darren Stedman - Drums
- Russell Fleming - Bass
- Paul Winders - Guitars, backing vocals
- Stephen Small - Keyboards on "Perfect Day" and "Dawdling on the Bridge"
- Kerrie Winders - Backing vocals on "Reasons for Leaving" and "Dunderhead"
- Tex Houston - Production, engineer
- Nick Rowan - Mixing
- John Collie - photography
Reviews
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r504049|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
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- [http://kiwitapes.blogspot.com/2007/02/verlaines-over-moon.html Review] at [http://kiwitapes.blogspot.com/ Kiwitapes]
- [http://www.tweekitten.com/Reviews/19980809.html Review by Keith McLachlan] at [http://www.tweekitten.com/ Twee Kitten]
References
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External links
- The Verlaines at [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=verlaines Trouser Press]
- Over the Moon at [http://www.allmusic.com/album/over-the-moon-r504049 Allmusic]
- Over the Moon at [http://www.discogs.com/Verlaines-Over-The-Moon/release/1453035 Discogs]
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