''Impossible Dream'' is the fourth studio album (fifth album overall) by the American folk musician
Patty Griffin
Patricia Jean Griffin (born March 16, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.Griffin, Patrici She is a vocalist and plays guitar and piano. She is known for her stripped-down songwriting style in the folk music genre. Her songs ha ...
, released on April 20, 2004. The album features an unlisted song – Griffin’s mother and father singing “
The Impossible Dream” – at the end of “
Top of the World.”
''Impossible Dream'' reached a peak of number 67 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week.
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“Ask Billboard – Griffin’s ‘Impossible Dream’”
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''. May 5, 2004.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Patty Griffin
#“Love Throw a Line” – 3:38
#“Cold as It Gets” – 2:38
#“Kite” – 3:09
#“Standing” – 4:04
#“Useless Desires” – 5:50
#“
Top of the World” – 5:28
#“Rowing Song” – 3:26
#“When It Don’t Come Easy” – 4:52
#“Florida” – 5:01
#“Mother of God” – 7:14
#“Icicles” – 3:18
Personnel
*Patty Griffin – vocals, guitar, piano
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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including ...
– background vocals
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Lisa Germano
Lisa Ruth Germano (born June 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana. Her album '' Geek the Girl'' (1994) was chosen as a top album of the 1990s by ''Spin'' magazine. She began her career as a violinist ...
– violin, zither
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Ian McLagan
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– electric piano
*
Julie Miller
Julie Anne Miller (born Julie Griffin, July 12, 1956) is a songwriter, singer, and recording artist living in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Buddy Miller in 1981. They sing and play on each other's solo projects and have recorded three duet ...
– background vocals
*Billy Beard – drums
*Brian Beattie – bowed bass, pump organ
*Doug Lancio – guitar, mandolin
*Michael Ramos – trumpet
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Frank Howard Swart
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– bass
*Sumner Erickson – tuba
*John Deaderick – organ
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Brady Blade, Jr. – drums
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JD Foster
JD Foster is an American record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter. He is known for working with country and Americana performers including Dwight Yoakam and Patty Griffin.
Producer, performer and recording art ...
– bass, percussion
*Jonathan Greene – drums
References
External links
Lyrics to the album on PattyNet.net
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2004 albums
Patty Griffin albums