Words & Music (Planxty album)
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| Words and Music | ||||
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| Studio album by Planxty | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Late October - early November 1982 | |||
| Studio | Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin | |||
| Genre | Irish folk music | |||
| Length | 39:42 | |||
| Label | WEA, Shanachie Records | |||
| Producer | Dónal Lunny | |||
| Planxty chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Words & Music German cover, photo of Poulnabrone dolmen | ||||
Words & Music[1]: 289–306 is the sixth album by the Irish folk band Planxty, produced by Dónal Lunny and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in late October and early November of 1982;[1]: 301 it would be their only release on the WEA label. In 1989, the album was reprinted by the Shanachie label, who have kept it in print ever since.[2]
Like the previous album, The Woman I Loved So Well, Words & Music features an expanded line-up of the band. Core band members Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine and Liam O'Flynn were joined again by keyboard player Bill Whelan, now a member of the band,[1]: 275 and fiddler Nollaig Casey,[1]: 281 who had been performing live with the band since 1980. Fiddler James Kelly and Moving Hearts bass player Eoghan O'Neill also appear on the album.
