{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Calling Over Time | type = studio | artist = Edith Frost | cover = Edith Frost - Calling Over Time.jpeg | alt = | released = April 22, 1997 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alt-country | length = 37:58 | label = Drag City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dragcity.com/products/calling-over-time|title=Edith Frost – Calling Over Time | Drag City|website=www.dragcity.com}}</ref> | producer = Rian Murphy | prev_title = Ancestors | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Telescopic | next_year = 1998 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r260028|pure_url=yes}}|title=Calling Over Time |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Austin Chronicle'' |rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1997-07-25/529324/|title=Record Reviews|website=www.austinchronicle.com}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Chicago Tribune'' |rev3score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-05-30-9705300255-story.html|title=Edith FrostCalling Over Time (Drag City) (star)...|first=Rick|last=Reger|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> }}
'''''Calling Over Time''''' is the debut album of Edith Frost, released in 1997 through Drag City.<ref name="trouserpress">{{cite web |first1=Bill |last1=Meyer |first2=Michael |last2=Baker |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=edith_frost |title=Edith Frost |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Calling+Over+Time+edith+frost+1997&pg=RA1-PA57|title=Declarations of Independents|work=Billboard|date=May 3, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Critical reception== The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote that "the wistful title song unfurls in a beautifully coiling melody while 'Too Happy' incorporates a surprisingly light, almost jazzy tempo and a buoyantly extroverted tune."<ref name="auto"/> ''CMJ New Music Report'' wrote that Frost's "voice is so enticing that the listener is left with little choice but to listen again; it's then that ''Calling Over Time'' reveals itself."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ywEAAAAMBAJ&q=Calling+Over+Time+edith+frost+1997&pg=PT31|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=June 28, 1997|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' called the album "a stark, haunting character study that captures where Americana was headed at the turn of the century ... one of the decade’s most captivating debuts."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/drag-city-streaming-where-to-start/|title=What to Stream From Drag City's Catalog|first=Sam|last=Sodomsky|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{track listing | all_writing = Edith Frost | title1 = Temporary Loan | length1 = 4:44 | title2 = Follow | length2 = 3:42 | title3 = Calling Over Time | length3 = 3:10 | title4 = Denied | length4 = 3:20 | title5 = Pony Song | length5 = 3:42 | title6 = Too Happy | length6 = 3:24 | title7 = Wash of Water | length7 = 3:33 | title8 = Shadows | length8 = 2:44 | title9 = Thine Eyes | length9 = 3:52 | title10 = Give Up Your Love | length10 = 2:45 | title11 = Albany Blues | length11 = 3:02 }}
== Personnel == *Chuck Cors – photography *Edith Frost – vocals, guitar *David Grubbs – guitar *Rian Murphy – drums, production *Sean O'Hagan – synthesizer *Jim O'Rourke – guitar, mixing, recording *Rick Rizzo – guitar
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== External links == * {{Discogs master |master=78426 |name=Calling Over Time |type=album}}
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Category:1997 debut albums Category:Drag City (record label) albums Category:Edith Frost albums Category:Albums produced by Rian Murphy