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Over the Next Hill 
Studio album by Fairport Convention Released 2004 Recorded March / April 2004 Genre Rock Label Matty Grooves Producer Dave Pegg Professional reviews Fairport Convention chronology XXXV
(2002)Over the Next Hill
(2004)Sense of Occasion
(2007)Over the Next Hill, released in 2004, is an album by the band Fairport Convention. It has been described by Mojo as "simply [Fairport's] best album in 25 years".
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 label.
Track listing
- "Over the Next Hill" – 4:21
- "I'm Already There" – 6:41
- "Wait for the Tide to Come In" – 4:37
- "Canny Capers" – 5:11
- "Over the Falls" – 4:31
- "The Wassail Song" – 3:16
- "The Fossil Hunter" – 6:15
- "Willow Creek" – 3:51
- "Westward" – 4:09
- "Some Special Place" – 3:39
- "Si Tu Dois Partir" – 3:27
- "Auld Lang Syne" - hidden track
Personnel
- Gerry Conway – percussion, drums
- Chris Leslie – mandolin, bouzouki, violin, ukulele, vocals, Native American flute, electric mandolin
- Simon Nicol – guitar, vocals
- Dave Pegg – 5-string bass, acoustic bass, mandolin, vocals, double bass
- Ric Sanders – mandolin, violin
with
- 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"
Fairport Convention Maartin Allcock · Dan Ar Braz · Bob Brady · Roger Burridge · Gerry Conway · Sandy Denny · Jerry Donahue · Judy Dyble · Tom Farnell · Roger Hill · Ashley Hutchings · Martin Lamble · Chris Leslie · Cathy Lesurf · Trevor Lucas · Dave Mattacks · Iain Matthews · Simon Nicol · Dave Pegg · David Rea · Bruce Rowland · Ric Sanders · Dave Swarbrick · Richard Thompson · Paul Warren
Studio albums 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 (2000) · XXXV (2001) · Over the Next Hill (2004) · Sense of Occasion (2007) Festival Bell (2011)
Singles "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968) · "Meet on the Ledge" (1968) · "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969) · "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969) · "If (Stomp)" (1970) · "Now Be Thankful" (1970)
Live albums 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) · 25th Anniversary Concert (1992) · Cropredy 98 (1999) · The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2004) · Journeyman's Grace (2005) · Live at the BBC (2007) · Off the Desk (2008) Off the Desk (2008) Live at Cropredy 08 (2009)
Compilations History of Fairport Convention (1972) · Tour Sampler (1975) · Fairport Chronicles (1976) · The Woodworm Years (1991) · A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 - 1969 · Meet On the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975 · Some of Our Yesterdays · Fairport Convention · Then & Now 1982 - 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention · Rhythm of the Times (2003) Across the Decades (2003)
Box sets The Cropredy Box (1998)Related articlesCategories:- Fairport Convention albums
- 2004 albums
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