Words & Music (Planxty album)

Words & Music[1]:289–306 is the sixth album by the Irish folk band Planxty, produced by Dónal Lunny and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in late October and early November of 1982;[1]:301 it would be their only release on the WEA label. In 1989, the album was reprinted by the Shanachie label, who have kept it in print ever since.[2]

Words and Music
Studio album by
Planxty
Released1983
RecordedLate Oct. and early Nov. 1982,
at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
GenreIrish folk music
Length39:42
LabelWEA, Shanachie Records
ProducerDónal Lunny
Planxty chronology
The Woman I Loved So Well
(1980)		 Words and Music
(1983)		 Live 2004
(2004)
Alternative cover
Words & Music German cover, photo of Poulnabrone dolmen

Expanded line-up

Like the previous album, The Woman I Loved So Well, the album features an expanded line-up of the band, with core members Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine and Liam O'Flynn joined again by keyboard player Bill Whelan, now a member of the band,[1]:275 and fiddler Nollaig Casey,[1]:281 who had been performing live with the band since 1980. Fiddler James Kelly and Moving Hearts bass player Eoghan O'Neill also appear on the album.

Track listing
  1. "Queen Of The Rushes"/"Paddy Fahy's" (jigs) – 3:25
    (Trad., Arr. Planxty)
  2. "Thousands Are Sailing" (song) – 5:18
    (Words: Trad., Music: A. Irvine, D. Lunny)
  3. "Táimse Im' Chodladh" (slow air) – 4:07
    (Trad., Arr. Planxty)
  4. "Lord Baker" (song) – 9:16
    (From John Reilly, with new words and music from C. Moore)
  5. "Accidentals"/"Aragon Mill" (instrumental/song) – 6:02
    (A. Irvine)/(S. Kahn)
  6. "Aconry Lasses"/"The Old Wheels Of The World"/"The Spike Island Lasses" (reels) – 3:32
    (Trad., Arr. Planxty)
  7. "I Pity The Poor Immigrant" (song) – 4:25
    (B. Dylan)
  8. "Irish Marche" (Irish clan march) – 3:37
    (William Byrd, Arr. L. O'Flynn, D. Lunny, B. Whelan)

Personnel

References
  1. O'Toole, Leagues (2006). The Humours of Planxty. Dublin: Hodder Headline. ISBN 03-4083-796-9.
  2. Shanachie Catalogue
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