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The Swell Season (album)

The Swell Season
Studio album by
The Swell Season
Released21 April 2006
RecordedSono, Prague, December 2005
GenreFolk
LabelOvercoat
The Swell Season chronology
The Swell Season
(2006) 		Strict Joy
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Hot Press[2]
RTÉ[3]

The Swell Season is the self-titled, debut album by the Swell Season, (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová), released in 2006. The song "Falling Slowly" went on to be nominated for a Grammy[4] and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2008.[5]

Track listing

  1. "This Low" (Glen Hansard)
  2. "Sleeping" (Hansard)
  3. "Falling Slowly" (Hansard, Markéta Irglová)
  4. "Drown Out" (Hansard, Irglová (chorus only))
  5. "Lies" (Hansard, Irglová)
  6. "When Your Mind's Made Up" (Hansard)
  7. "The Swell Season" (Irglová)
  8. "Leave" (Hansard)
  9. "The Moon" (Hansard, Irglová (chorus only))
  10. "Alone Apart" (Irglová, Hansard (guitar only))

Personnel

  • Glen Hansard – guitar, vocals
  • Markéta Irglová – piano, vocals
  • Marja Tuhkanen – violin, viola
  • Bertrand Galen – cello

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ RTE review[dead link‍]
  3. ^ RTE review[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Grammy 2008 Winners List". MTV Asia. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. ^ "2008 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". oscars.org. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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