''Over and Over'' is the second studio album released by

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singer

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. It was recorded over three days in mid-May 2005 and released on January 31, 2006 by the label

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. This album, more than her first, sees Bode being compared to jazz vocalist

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. This is the first album that contains songs almost exclusively penned by Bode and her collaborator, pianist Adam Maness. The three exceptions are two pop covers (

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's "Holding Back the Years") and a jazz standard ("Alone Together").

Reception

Reviews of the album, mainly grounded in the jazz community, have been positive. George Graham, founder of

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88.9 and jazz expert, calls the album "a more rewarding recording that not only highlights a charming voice, but also gives us worthwhile new songs, and creative, but understated arrangements." Allaboutjazz.com (AAJ) calls Bode "a sorceress of female jazz vocals" with "superior songwriting talent."

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(AMG) gave the album four out of five stars, calling it a "quiet, but engrossing album." Particular interest focused on the groups'

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of Simon's "Graceland". Jim Newsom of ''PortFolio Weekly'' called it "a rich reinvention" and AMG reviewer Stewart Mason described the song as being "transformed from the

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n country ramble into something closer to

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's late-'70s fusion period". AAJ reviewer C. Michael Bailey also paralleled the tune with Mitchell and called it "an offbeat, off-time jazz ballad" Graham said that Bode's "Graceland" was "a creative and rather jazzy arrangement... distinctive new spin."

Track listing

#"Holiday" (Maness) — 4:35 #"Over and Over" (Bode, Maness) — 4:24 #"Graceland" (Simon) - 4:58 #"June" (Bode, Maness) — 4:13 #"Feet Off the Ground" (Bode, Maness) — 3:17 #"Long, Long Time" (Bode, Maness) — 5:39 #"Send Me Up a Sign" (Bode, Maness) — 2:40 #"St. Louis Song" (Bode, Maness) — 4:05 #"Perfect World" (Bode, Maness) — 4:35 #"Something More" (Bode, Maness) — 3:57 #"Holding Back the Years" (Hucknall) — 4:08 #"With the Radio On" (Bode, Maness) — 2:52 #" Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz) — 6:31 #"Home Again" (Bode, Maness) — 2:23

Personnel

Band: *Adam Maness — vocals, piano *Erin Bode — vocals, liner notes *Syd Rodway — bass *Chris Higginbottom — drums Guest performers: *Seamus Blake — saxophone (tenor) *Dave Eggar — cello *

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— guitar (acoustic), vocals (background) Production: *Pressley Jacobs — art Direction, design *Dena Katz, Jimmy Katz — photography *Katsuhiko Naito — engineer, mastering, mixing *Max Ross — assistant engineer

Charts

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References

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