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and

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). 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

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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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on August 18, 2009 and began

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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

– vocal, guitar *

– piano, vocal *

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– violin *

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– guitar,

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* Joe Doyle – bass guitar *

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

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– horns *

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–

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* Chad Taylor – drums * Javier Mas – guitar

Charts

References

External links

theswellseason.comThe Swell Season MySpace Blog
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