Russell, Arthur: Love Is Overtaking Me (Vinyl 2xLP)

2022 reissue on Rough Trade Records.

Love Is Overtaking Me, originally released in 2008, comprises 21 demos and home recordings of unreleased pop, folk and country songs from Arthur’s vast catalogue. While much critical and popular affection for Russell’s music has come about well after his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, many fellow artists believed in his genius and were drawn to collaborate with him during his lifetime.

The legendary producer John Hammond (Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen) recorded Russell on several occasions; a number of these recordings can be heard on Love Is Overtaking Me. Alongside songs recorded with various incarnations of The Flying Hearts, a group formed by Russell with Ernie Brooks, several other Russell projects are represented on Love Is Overtaking Me, including The Sailboats, Turbo Sporty and Bright & Early. 

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. The Letter
18. Don't Forget About Me
19. Love Is Overtaking Me
20. Planted A Thought
21. Love Comes Back