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Words & Music (Planxty album)

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Words and Music
Studio album by
Planxty
Released1983
RecordedLate October - early November 1982
StudioWindmill 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

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]

Expanded line-up

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Like the previous album, The Woman I Loved So Well, Words & Music features an expanded line-up of the band. Core band members Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine and Liam O'Flynn were 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

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  1. "Queen of the Rushes"/"Paddy Fahy's" (jigs) – 3:25
    (Traditional; arranged by Planxty)
  2. "Thousands Are Sailing" (song) – 5:18
    (Words: Traditional; music: Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny)
  3. "Táimse Im' Chodladh" (slow air) – 4:07
    (Traditional; arranged by Planxty)
  4. "Lord Baker" (song) – 9:16
    (From John Reilly, with new words and music from Christy Moore)
  5. "Accidentals"/"Aragon Mill" (instrumental/song) – 6:02
    (Andy Irvine)/(Si Kahn)
  6. "Aconry Lasses"/"The Old Wheels Of The World"/"The Spike Island Lasses" (reels) – 3:32
    (Traditional; arranged by Planxty)
  7. "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" (song) – 4:25
    (Bob Dylan)
  8. "Irish Marche" (Irish clan march) – 3:37
    (William Byrd, arranged by Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)

Personnel

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References

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