The furthest-spanning collection thus far from Russell's archives, Love Is Overtaking Me is a loosely chronological (1974-1990) look at Arthur's most accessible (but no less odd) pop, country and folk songs, often in the vein of James Taylor or Jackson Browne and variously betraying his loves of Randy Travis, Jonathan Richman, and Talking Heads. Whether backed by tamboura and tablas, Van Morrison-like horn charts, pedal steel, DX7 and drum machine, or simply solo cello or acoustic guitar, Russell epitomizes the boundless new-wave/new-music hybrid that fermented in 1980s New York.