Over
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Over (1977), is an intensely emotional album to listen to. It is Hammill’s most self-revealing album, chronicling relationship break-ups and break-downs on many levels - children leaving home, or a deserting lover.
At times this album is harrowing for its emotional intensity, with Hammill spewing bile at people who have wronged him. Yet, in the end there is a cycle of completion and it resolves into stoic acceptance if not quite blissful happiness. |
Even with so many peaks in Hammill’s prolific musical career, Over still manages to stand out as an essential album.