Words and Music
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
The Woman I Loved So Well (1980) Words and Music (1983) Live 2004 (2004)
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]

Expanded line-up

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.

Track listing

1. "Queen of the Rushes"/"Paddy Fahy's" (jigs) – 3:25
   (Traditional; arranged by Planxty)
2. "Thousands Are Sailing" (song) – 5:18
   (Words: Traditional; music: Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny)
3. "Táimse Im' Chodladh" (slow air) – 4:07
   (Traditional; arranged by Planxty)
4. "Lord Baker" (song) – 9:16
   (From John Reilly, with new words and music from Christy Moore)
5. "Accidentals"/"Aragon Mill" (instrumental/song) – 6:02
   (Andy Irvine)/( Si Kahn)
6. "Aconry Lasses"/"The Old Wheels Of The World"/"The Spike Island Lasses" (reels) – 3:32
   (Traditional; arranged by Planxty)
7. " I Pity the Poor Immigrant" (song) – 4:25
   ( Bob Dylan)
8. "Irish Marche" (Irish clan march) – 3:37
   (William Byrd, arranged by Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)

Personnel

• Christy Moore - vocals, guitar, bodhrán
• Andy Irvine - vocals, mandolin, bouzouki
• Dónal Lunny - guitar, bouzouki, spinnet, dulcimer, bowed psaltery, Prophet synthesizer
• Liam O'Flynn - uilleann pipes, tin whistle
• Bill Whelan - keyboards
• Nollaig Casey - fiddle
• James Kelly - fiddle
• Eoghan O'Neill - electric bass

References