The Impossible Thrill
Studio album by
Released20 March 2001 (2001-03-20)[1]
StudioAlpha Studios, Clevedon
Abbey Road Studios, London
Gas Works, Bristol
GenreTrip hop, downtempo
Length49:05
LabelMelankolic, Virgin
ProducerCorin Dingley, Andy Jenks
Alpha chronology
Pepper: Remixes & Rarities
(1998)
The Impossible Thrill
(2001)
Stargazing
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Hot Pressfavorable[3]
Pitchfork3.0/10[4]
PopMattersfavorable[5]
The Portland Mercury[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]

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, Rota4:36
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.

  • Corin Dingley – production, arrangement, mixing
  • Andy Jenks – production, arrangement, photography
  • Helen White – vocals (1, 4, 5, 11)
  • Wendy Stubbs – vocals (2, 5, 8, 10)
  • Martin Barnard – vocals (3, 6, 9)
  • Grant Marshall – vocals (8)
  • 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

Charts

Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 45

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Impossible Thrill by Alpha". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. Jonas, Liana. "The Impossible Thrill - Alpha". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. Kelleher, James (29 March 2001). "The Impossible Thrill". Hot Press. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. Juzwiak, Richard M. (31 December 2000). "Alpha: The Impossible Thrill". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. Neate, Wilson (19 March 2001). "Alpha: The Impossible Thrill". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. Mudede, Charles (26 April 2001). "CD Review". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  7. "Discography". Alphaheaven. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  8. "Our Critics' Top Albums of 2001". Rolling Stone. 26 December 2001. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. "Lescharts.com – Alpha – The Impossible Thrill". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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