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Swansong for You is the second studio album by Isobel Campbell's solo project, The Gentle Waves. It was originally released through Jeepster Records on 6 November 2000.[4] It peaked at number 13 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Isobel Campbell

No.TitleLength
1."Let the Good Times Begin"4:02
2."Partner in Crime"3:45
3."Falling from Grace"3:45
4."Loretta Young"3:03
5."Sisterwoman"3:00
6."Solace for Pain"2:49
7."Flood"3:35
8."Pretty Things"4:35
9."There Is No Greater Gold"4:04
10."There Was Magic, Then..."3:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Isobel Campbell – lead vocals, instrumentation
  • Neil Humphrey – guitar (1)
  • Pippa Tunnell – harp (1, 9)
  • Nicola Boag – viola (1, 10)
  • Greg Lawson – violin (1, 10)
  • Clare McKeown – violin (1, 10)
  • Murray Fergusson – violin (1 to 3, 10)
  • Alastair Savage – violin (1, 3, 10)
  • Paul Leonard-Morgan – string arrangement (1, 2, 10)
  • Stuart Murdoch – bass guitar, violin arrangement (2 to 8, 10)
  • Jonny Quinn – drums, percussion (2, 6)
  • Cheryl Crockett – violin (3)
  • Rozanne Suarez – backing vocals (3, 5, 7, 9)
  • Ryan Smith – double bass (3, 5, 7, 9)
  • Mick Cooke – guitar, trumpet, glockenspiel (3 to 8)
  • Richard Colburn – drums, percussion (3 to 8)
  • Chris Geddes – organ, piano (4 to 8)
  • Stevie Jackson – electric guitar, shaker (4, 5, 7, 8)
  • Jenny Divers – saxophone (5)
  • Lindsay Watson – trombone (5)
  • Diane Carnochan – backing vocals (5, 9)
  • Eugene Kelly – backing vocals (6)
  • Malcolm McMaster – steel guitar (6)
  • Margaret Smith – flute, cymbal (7, 8)
  • Ed McFarlane – double bass (8, 9)
  • Helen McSherry – cello (10)
  • David Scott – acoustic guiar, electric guitar (10)
  • Ross McFarlane – drums, percussion (10)

References

  1. ^ "Falling from Grace". Jeepster Records. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ Swihart, Stanton. "Swansong for You - The Gentle Waves". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. ^ Juzwiak, Richard M. "Gentle Waves: Swansong for You". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Swansong For You". Jeepster Records. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Radio 200 of 2001 (Covering 1/01 to 12/01)". CMJ New Music Report: 34. 31 December 2001.