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.[1]
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.[2] 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 with the release of Over the Hump.[3]
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ab"The Kelly Family". Gorey Guardian. 23 July 1997. p. 68. Retrieved 30 December 2021. Their debut album, 'Over The Hump' sold over 4 million copies in Europe, 3 million of them in Germany alone.
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.[1]
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.[2] 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 with the release of Over the Hump.[3]
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ab"The Kelly Family". Gorey Guardian. 23 July 1997. p. 68. Retrieved 30 December 2021. Their debut album, 'Over The Hump' sold over 4 million copies in Europe, 3 million of them in Germany alone.