The Great White Sea Eagle

by James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra

The Great White Sea Eagle cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 January 2023
  • Label: Domino
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:48
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Scottish folk singer James Yorkston teams up with The Cardigans' Nina Persson and the Swedish collective The Second Hand Orchestra for a remarkably tender collaborative album. The recording sessions were highly spontaneous, with the backing orchestra mostly improvising their lush string and woodwind arrangements. The result is a beautifully organic, pastoral folk-pop record centered around deeply poetic duets.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, orchestral, dual-vocals, duet, ballad, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Sam and Jeanie McGreagor (1:55)
  2. An Upturned Crab (2:58)
  3. Keeping Up With The Grandchildren, Yeah (4:23)
  4. The Heavy Lyric Police (4:32)
  5. A Sweetness In You (3:14)
  6. A Forestful Of Rogues (4:13)
  7. Peter Paulo Van Der Heyden (3:19)
  8. Mary (3:26)
  9. Hold Out For Love (3:09)
  10. The Harmony (4:03)
  11. The Great White Sea Eagle (3:24)
  12. A Hollow Skeleton Lifts A Heavy Wing (5:05)

Credits

  • James Yorkston - primary artist
  • Nina Persson - primary artist
  • The Second Hand Orchestra - primary artist

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