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
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Credits adapted from liner notes.- Corin Dingley – production, arrangement, mixing
- Andy Jenks – production, arrangement, photography
- Helen White – vocals
- Wendy Stubbs – vocals
- Martin Barnard – vocals
- Grant Marshall – vocals
- 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