Angels & Electricity

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Angels & Electricity
Studio album by Eddi Reader
Released Flag of the United Kingdom May 11, 1998
Flag of Japan June 25, 1998
Flag of the United States March 23, 1999
Recorded Barry Hammond (Chipping Norton Studios)
Jon Inskip/James Loughrey (Britannia Row)
Jeremy Gil (The Roundhouse
Roy Dodds (at his house)
Genre Folk
Length 57:41
Label Blanco y Negro
Producer Eddi Reader
Boo Hewerdine
Professional reviews
Eddi Reader chronology
Candyfloss and Medicine (1996) Angels & Electricity Simple Soul (2001)

Angels & Electricity is the fourth studio album by Eddi Reader released in the UK on May 11, 1998.

The album has provided Reader with some of her most popular songs including Kiteflyer's Hill, Bell, Book and Candle and Please don’t ask me to dance.

As usual, Reader draws on a number of songwriters including On a Whim, written for her by Ron Sexsmith, Kiteflyer's Hill by ex Fairground Attraction band member Mark Nevin and long-time musical partner Boo Hewerdine.

The album was to be her last for a major record label, Blanco y Negro (Warners) and Reader would later agree a deal with UK independent label Rough Trade.


[edit] Track listing

  1. "Kiteflyer’s Hill" (Mark E. Nevin) - 6:06
  2. "Prayer wheel" (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) - 4:45
  3. "Postcard" (Eddi Reader/Calum MacColl) - 4:04
  4. "Wings on my heels" (Boo Hewerdine) - 4:45
  5. "On a whim" (Ron Sexsmith) - 3:09
  6. "Hummingbird" (Boo Hewerdine) - 4:35
  7. "Barcelona window" (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) - 4:17
  8. "Bell, book and candle" (Boo Hewerdine) - 4:13
  9. "California" (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) - 4:35
  10. "Follow my tears" (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) - 4:54
  11. "Psychic reader" (Eddi Reader) - 4:13
  12. "Please don’t ask me to dance" (Boo Hewerdine) - 3:24
  13. "Clear" (Eddi Reader/Calum MacColl/Roy Dodds) - 4:39


[edit] Personnel

  • Eddi Reader: Vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Boo Hewerdine: Acoustic guitar, bells, additional vocals
  • Teddy Borowiecki: Keyboards, melodica
  • Tim Harries: Bass guitar
  • Roy Dodds: Drums, percussion, hand claps, loop drumming
  • Johnny Scott: Pedal steel, guitars, mandolin, dobro
  • Calum MacColl: Electric, slide and high-strung guitar, dulcimer, zither, thumb piano, additional vocal
  • Neill MacColl: Electric and acoustic guitars, bells
  • Graham Henderson: Hammond organ, keyboards
  • The Electra Strings: Strings