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 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

Expanded line-up

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
  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

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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