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Markéta Irglová Markéta Irglová () (born 28 February 1988) is a Czech-Icelandic singer-songwriter, musician and actress, who starred in the film '' Once'', which earned her a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Fal ...

). It was released in Ireland on October 23, 2009, the rest of Europe on October 26, and on October 27 in North America on the

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record label. The title of the album was derived from a 1931 book of poems written by Irish poet James Stephens. The album reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Promotion

"In These Arms", the first single from the album was released on

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'' during the same week. The Swell Season performed six of the new songs on

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's Tiny Desk Concert on the August 10th show.

Track listing

#"Low Rising" (Glen Hansard) – 3:59 #"Feeling the Pull" (Glen Hansard) – 2:20 #"In These Arms" (Glen Hansard) – 3:33 #"The Rain" (Glen Hansard) – 3:40 #"Fantasy Man" (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) – 5:04 #"Paper Cup" (Glen Hansard) – 3:21 #"High Horses" (Glen Hansard) – 5:00 #"The Verb" (Glen Hansard) – 4:32 #"I Have Loved You Wrong" (Markéta Irglová) – 5:04 #"Love That Conquers" (Glen Hansard) – 3:56 #"Two Tongues" (Glen Hansard) – 3:44 #"Back Broke" (Glen Hansard) – 4:03 #"Somebody Good" (Japan and Korea bonus track) #"When Your Mind's Made Up" (Live) (Brazil bonus track) #"Falling Slowly" (Live) (Brazil bonus track) #"Lies" (Live) (Brazil bonus track) Special edition live disc # "All the Way Down" # "Lies" # "This Low" # "Drown Out" # "When Your Mind's Made Up" # "I Have Loved You Wrong" # "Falling Slowly" # "Leave" # "What Happens When the Heart Just Stops" # "Lay Me Down" # "Once" # "If You Want Me" # "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy" # "Fitzcarraldo" Special edition DVD (One Step Away - Live from the Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI. May 8, 2008) # "Say It to Me Now" # "All the Way Down" # "When Your Mind's Made Up" # "Lay Me Down" # "Falling Slowly" # "Gigantic" (Pixies cover) # "Loved You Wrong" # "Fitzcarraldo" # "Once"

Personnel

Musicians

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– piano, vocal *

Colm Mac Con Iomaire Colm Mac Con Iomaire () is an Irish composer and musician from Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland, who plays keyboards, violin and sings with The Frames. He is the son of Liam Mac Con Iomaire, a writer, journalist and broadcaster. He attended ...

– violin *

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– guitar,

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* Joe Doyle – bass guitar *

Graham Hopkins Graham Hopkins (born 20 December 1975) is an Irish drummer. He was the drummer in The Swell Season, The Frames and rock band Therapy?. Biography Early years Hopkins was born in Dublin and was brought up in Clane, County Kildare in a musica ...

– drums * Thomas Bartlett – piano, keyboards * Steven Bernstein –

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– horns *

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* Chad Taylor – drums * Javier Mas – guitar

Charts

References

External links

theswellseason.comThe Swell Season MySpace Blog
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