Angels & Electricity

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

Angels & Electricity
Studio album by Eddi Reader
Released	UK: 11 May 1998 Japan: 25 June 1998 US: 23 March 1999
Venue	Britannia Row, The Roundhouse
Studio	Chipping Norton Recording Studios
Genre	Folk
Length	57:41
Label	Blanco y Negro
Producer	Eddi Reader Boo Hewerdine
Eddi Reader chronology
Candyfloss and Medicine (1996) Angels & Electricity (1998) Simple Soul (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Weekly	link
AllMusic

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.

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

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