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Language
  
English

Release date
  
23 October 2009

Genre
  
Indie folk

Artist
  
The Swell Season

Label
  
Anti-

Producers
  
Glen Hansard, Peter Katis

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Released
  
October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23) (Ireland)

Recorded
  
Tarquin Studios, Bridgeport CT

Similar
  
Indie folk albums, Other albums

The swell season low rising


Strict Joy is the third album by The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová). 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 ANTI- record label. The title of the album was derived from a 1931 book of poems written by Irish poet James Stephens.

Contents

The album reached number 15 on the Billboard 200.

The swell season strict joy album trailer


Promotion

"In These Arms", the first single from the album was released on iTunes on August 18, 2009 and began streaming on spinner.com during the same week.

The Swell Season performed six of the new songs on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert on the August 10th show.

Track listing

  1. "Low Rising" (Glen Hansard) - 3:59
  2. "Feeling the Pull" (Glen Hansard) - 2:20
  3. "In These Arms" (Glen Hansard) - 3:33
  4. "The Rain" (Glen Hansard) - 3:40
  5. "Fantasy Man" (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) - 5:04
  6. "Paper Cup" (Glen Hansard) - 3:21
  7. "High Horses" (Glen Hansard) - 5:00
  8. "The Verb" (Glen Hansard) - 4:32
  9. "I Have Loved You Wrong" (Markéta Irglová) - 5:04
  10. "Love That Conquers" (Glen Hansard) - 3:56
  11. "Two Tongues" (Glen Hansard) - 3:44
  12. "Back Broke" (Glen Hansard) - 4:03
  13. "Somebody Good" (Japan and Korea bonus track)
  14. "When Your Mind's Made Up" (Live) (Brazil bonus track)
  15. "Falling Slowly" (Live) (Brazil bonus track)
  16. "Lies" (Live) (Brazil bonus track)

Special edition live disc

  1. "All the Way Down"
  2. "Lies"
  3. "This Low"
  4. "Drown Out"
  5. "When Your Mind's Made Up"
  6. "I Have Loved You Wrong"
  7. "Falling Slowly"
  8. "Leave"
  9. "What Happens When the Heart Just Stops"
  10. "Lay Me Down"
  11. "Once"
  12. "If You Want Me"
  13. "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy"
  14. "Fitzcarraldo"

Special edition DVD (One Step Away - Live from the Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI. May 8, 2008)

  1. "Say It to Me Now"
  2. "All the Way Down"
  3. "When Your Mind's Made Up"
  4. "Lay Me Down"
  5. "Falling Slowy"
  6. "Gigantic" (Pixies cover)
  7. "Loved You Wrong"
  8. "Fitzcarraldo"
  9. "Once"

Musicians

  • Glen Hansard - vocal, guitar
  • Markéta Irglová - piano, vocal
  • Colm Mac Con Iomaire - violin
  • Rob Bochnik - guitar, mandolin
  • Joe Doyle - bass
  • Graham Hopkins - drums
  • Thomas Bartlett - piano, keyboards
  • Steven Bernstein - horns
  • Clark Gayton - horns
  • Chris Lightcap - bass
  • Chad Taylor - drums
  • Javier Mas - guitar

    • Songs

    1Low Rising4:47
    2Feeling The Pull2:21
    3In These Arms3:34

    References

    Strict Joy Wikipedia
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