The Impossible Thrill

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The Impossible Thrill
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Studio album by
Released20 March 2001 (2001-03-20) [1]
StudioAlpha Studios, Clevedon
Abbey Road Studios, London
Gas Works, Bristol
Genre Trip hop, downtempo
Length49:05
Label Melankolic, Virgin
Producer Corin Dingley, Andy Jenks
Alpha chronology
Pepper: Remixes & Rarities
(1998)
The Impossible Thrill
(2001)
Stargazing
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 64/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Hot Press favorable [3]
Pitchfork 3.0/10 [4]
PopMatters favorable [5]
The Portland Mercury Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]

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. [7]

Contents

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". [1]

Aidin Vaziri of Rolling Stone included it on the "Top Albums of 2001" list. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still"Corin Dingley, Andy Jenks, Helen White4:07
2."Eon"Dingley, Jenks, Wendy Stubbs3:49
3."Dim"Martin Barnard, Dingley, Jenks4:57
4."South"Dingley, Jenks, White3:42
5."Almost There"Dingley, Jenks, Stubbs, White, Doris, McKuen, Rota 4:36
6."Wise"Barnard, Dingley, Jenks6:33
7."Especial"Dingley, Jenks5:26
8."Wishes"Dingley, Jenks, Stubbs3:29
9."Clear Sky"Barnard, Dingley, Jenks5:20
10."Al Sation"Dingley, Jenks, Stubbs3:22
11."Fort"Dingley, Jenks, White5:44
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Sea"3:50
13."Don't Touch"4:18
Sample

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 45

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