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Ballads Of The Book

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1.
Song For Irena - Mike Heron & John Burnside 04:50
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2.
Steam Comes Off Our House - De Rosa & Michel Faber 03:56
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3.
A Calvinist Narrowly Avoids Pleasure - James Yorkston & Bill Duncan 02:21
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Dreamcatcher - Foxface & Rody Gorman 02:42
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A Sentimental Song - Lord Cut-Glass & Alasdair Gray 03:00
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The Sixth Stone - Aidan Moffat And The Best-Ofs & Ian Rankin 02:43
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Girl - Norman Blake & John Burnside 06:01
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The Good Years - Karine Polwart & Edwin Morgan 05:03
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The War On Love Song - Sons And Daughter & A. L. Kennedy 04:05
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The Leaving - Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson 04:40
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Message In A Bottle - Strike The Colours & Rody Gorman 04:21
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If You Love Me You'd Destroy Me - Aereogramme & Hal Duncan 04:51
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The Rebel On His Own Tonight - Malcolm Middleton & Alan Bissett 04:41
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14.
Half An Apple - Trashcan Sinatras & Ali Smith 03:51
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15.
The Fire - Vashti Bunyan & Rodge Glass 03:03
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16.
Where And When - King Creosote & Laura Hird 03:08
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Jesus On The Cross - Emma Pollock & Louise Welsh 02:39
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The Weight Of Years - Idlewild & Edwin Morgan 03:24
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about

Originally brought to us as a fledgling idea by Idlewild's Roddy Woomble, 'Ballads Of The Book' turned into a significant artistic event with live performances at Glasgow's Celtic Connections, an all day festival as part of Triptych and a sold out show as part of Edinburgh's International Book Festival.

The idea was head-slappingly simple: get a host of Scottish literary talent to submit poems or lyrics and have a battalion of Scottish musical talent on standby to turn them into original songs. The end product was a seventeen track folk-monster featuring artists like Idlewild, Sons And Daughters, King Creosote, Vashti Bunyan, Mike Heron, Alasdair Roberts, Trashcan Sinatras, Emma Pollock and Aereogramme alongside writers like Edwin Morgan, Alasdair Gray, Ali Smith, AL Kennedy, Robin Robertson, Ian Rankin, John Burnside, Alan Bissett and Louise Welsh.

Hailed as an artistic triumph, the album effortlessly showcased the breadth of talent currently operating in Scotland today.

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released March 5, 2007

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