The Wild Swan

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The Wild Swan
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Studio album by
Released13 May 2016
RecordedNashville
Genre Roots rock [1]
Length43:39
Label Gingerbread Man
Producer Jacquire King, Elton John [2]
Foy Vance chronology
Joy of Nothing
(2013)
The Wild Swan
(2016)
From Muscle Shoals
(2019)

The Wild Swan is the third album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter, Foy Vance. On this album, Foy Vance channels a wide variety of styles. The song "Upbeat Feelgood" was compared to Van Morrison by the Irish Times. [3] Elton John executive produced the album. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Every track written by Foy Vance, except "Ziggy Looked Me in the Eye" written by Vance and Marc Bolan

No.TitleLength
1."Noam Chomsky Is a Soft Revolution"2:28
2."Upbeat Feelgood"3:23
3."Coco"2:30
4."Casanova"3:16
5."Bangor Town"4:26
6."Burden"3:33
7."She Burns"3:48
8."Be Like You Belong"4:48
9."Unlike Any Other"4:15
10."Ziggy Looked Me in the Eye" (Marc Bolan / Foy Vance)4:01
11."Fire It Up (The Silver Spear)"4:04
12."The Wild Swans on the Lake"3:07

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic: [5]

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