The Impossible Thrill

The Impossible Thrill is a studio album by Alpha. It was released on Melankolic in 2001. It includes vocal contributions from Martin Barnard, Wendy Stubbs, and Helen White.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64% based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Aidin Vaziri of Rolling Stone included it on the "Top Albums of 2001" list.

Track listing

Sample

• "Blues" by Nino Rota on Almost There

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Corin Dingley – production, arrangement, mixing
• Andy Jenks – production, arrangement, photography
• Helen White – vocals (1, 4, 5, 11)
• Wendy Stubbs – vocals (2, 5, 8, 10)
• Martin Barnard – vocals (3, 6, 9)
• Grant Marshall – vocals (8)
• Sean Cook – harmonica
• Pete Wilde – piano
• Alex Lee – guitar
• Bob Locke – bass guitar
• Naked Voices – choir
• Allison Orbaum – choir arrangement
• Daniel Jones – orchestra arrangement
• Paul Hicks – orchestra engineering
• Chris Clark – orchestra engineering assistance
• Gavin Wright – strings conducting
• John Dent – mastering
• Emma Poole – art supervision
• Elissa Noad – layout
• Stephen Gill – photography
• Donald Milne – photography

Charts

References

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