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The Impossible Song & Other Songs

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Background and recording
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Production personnel Artwork
References

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The Impossible Song & Other Songs is the third solo album by folk musician and Idlewild vocalist Roddy Woomble, released on 21 March 2011 on Greenvoe Records.

The album's artwork is by author and illustrator Mairi Hedderwick, noted for her series of children's books featuring Katie Morag.

The album entered the UK album chart at #73.^[1]

Background and recording

In the spring of 2008, Woomble moved to the Isle of Mull with his wife, Ailidh Lennon. Woomble notes: "We moved to Mull for the space, for the environment, but it's actually been the people that have been so important. My wife has family there. At first I knew no one at all, but the songs I've written have definitely been shaped by the people I've met. Sometimes I think it's odd how these songs came together quite quickly, then I think, well maybe it's not been quick at all, maybe it's taken me 34 years to get here and I just didn't realise it."^[2]

The album was recorded over four months at Mull's local arts centre, An Tobar, with Woomble enlisting thirteen musicians to assist in recording. Former Idlewild bassist Gavin Fox appears throughout the album, alongside Phil Cunningham, Lau's Aidan O'Rourke and Michael Marra.

Track listing

All songs written by Woomble/Maclean, unless otherwise noted.

"A New Day Has Begun" (Woomble/Maclean/Jones)
"Make Something Out of What it's Worth"
"Work Like You Can"
"Tangled Wire"
"Roll Along" (Woomble/Maclean/Jones)
"Hour After Hour" (Woomble/Maclean/Jones)
"Leaving Without Gold"
"New Frontier" (Woomble/Maclean/Jones)
"Old Town"
"Living as You Always Have"
"Gather the Day"
"Between the Old Moon"

Personnel

Musicians

Roddy Woomble - lead vocals
Sorren Maclean - acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, organ, backing vocals, vibraphone
Gavin Fox - bass guitar, accordion
Gregor Donaldson - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Jill O'Sullivan - backing vocals
Gordon Maclean - double bass, accordion ("Work Like You Can")
Mhairi Hall - piano ("Make Something Out of What it's Worth")
Kevin Brolly - clarinet ("Make Something Out of What it's Worth")
Aidan O'Rourke - fiddle ("Work Like You Can", "Hour After Hour")
Seonaid Aitken - piano ("Tangled Wire"), violin ("Leaving Without Gold"), backing vocals
Chick Lyall - piano ("Roll Along", "New Frontier", "Between the Old Moon")
Rob Hall - sopranino, soprano and tenor saxophones ("Roll Along", "Between the Old Moon")
Michael Marra - organ ("Old Town")
Phil Cunningham - accordion ("Living as You Always Have")

Production personnel

Roddy Woomble - producer
Gordon Maclean - recording
Tony Doogan - mixing, additional recording
Frank Arkwright - mastering

Artwork

Mairi Hedderwick - artwork
Rose Skelton - photo of Roddy
Darren Evans - layout

References

1. ^Official UK Albums Top 100 - 30 March 2013 | Official UK Top 40 | music charts | Official Albums Chart {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5rFxBUMOk?url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/albums-chart/ |date=16 July 2010 }}
2. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/17/roddy-woomble-idelwild-mull-island From Idlewild to a wild island: Roddy Woomble on Mull | Music | The Guardian]

2 : Roddy Woomble albums|2011 albums

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