Over the Hump is the eighth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Co-produced by Hartmut Müller and Kathy Kelly and recorded at the Sound Studio N in Cologne, it was released on 26 August 1994 throughout most of Europe. The album reached number-one in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, resulting in the group's breakthrough in German-speaking Europe after years of minor successful studio and live releases. It peaked at 17 in their native Ireland and also entered the top 30 in the Netherlands, Norway and Spain and sold more than 1.8 million copies within the first five months of its release.
Over the Hump eventually sold more than 2.25 million copies in Germany alone, making it one of the biggest-selling albums of German origin to date. It produced the band's first number-one hit single, "An Angel", and yielded three further top-twenty singles: "Why Why Why", "Roses of Red" and "First Time". In 2019, The Kelly Family produced the studio album 25 Years Later to commemorate the release of Over the Hump.
Track listing
Personnel Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.
Instruments and performances
Johann Daansen – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards Angelo Kelly – vocals, drums Barby Kelly – vocals, guitar, perkusie, conga, tamburina
Jimmy Kelly – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussions, accordion Joey Kelly – vocals, electric guitar John Kelly – vocals, acoustic guitar, drums
Kathy Kelly – vocals, piano, keyboards, accordion, hurdy gurdy Maite Kelly – vocals Paddy Kelly – vocals, guitar, electric guitar, drums, keyboards, flute Patricia Kelly – vocals, bombo Hartmut Pfannmüller – drums
Technical and production
Album producers: Dan Kelly, Kathy Kelly, Paddy Kelly Executive producers: Dan Kelly, Mike Ungefehr Writing: The Kelly Family Recording: Günther Kasper Mastering: Radu Marinescu, Pfannmüller
Mixing: Pfannmüller Mixing assistance: Kathy Kelly, Ungefehr Photography: Thomas Stachelhaus Hairstyling: Uschi Ries Cover design: Dan Kelly
Charts
Weekly charts +Chart performance for Over the HumpChart (1994–2020)PeakpositionEuropean Albums (IFPI)11Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)3
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Over the HumpChart (1994)PositionEuropean Albums (IFPI)97
Chart (1995)PositionAustrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)1Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)76European Albums (IFPI)11Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)1
Chart (1996)PositionAustrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)47
Certifications
References
External links KellyFamily.de – official website