Swansong for You

by The Gentle Waves

Swansong for You cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 November 2000
  • Label: Jeepster
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 36:09
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Stevie Jackson, David Scott, Jenny Divers, Helen McSherry, Rozanne Suarez, Neil Humphrey, Claire McKeown, Ross McFarlane, Greg Lawson, Pippa Tunnell, Lindsay Watson, Malcolm McMaster, Margaret Smith, Ed McFarlane, Stuart Murdoch, Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Ryan Smith, Alistair Savage, Eugene Kelly, Jonny Quinn, Diane Carnochan, Nicola Boag, Murray Fergusson, Cheryl Crockett

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Isobel Campbell temporarily stepped away from Belle and Sebastian to focus on her solo project, expanding significantly on her delicate indie-pop songwriting. 'Swansong for You' heavily incorporates sweeping, cinematic string arrangements and vintage French pop influences, highlighting her incredibly soft, whispered vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, monologue, orchestral, delicate, dreamy

Tracklist

  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)

Credits

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