Impossible Dream (Patty Griffin album) explained

Impossible Dream
Type:	Album
Artist:	Patty Griffin
Cover:	Pattygriffinimpossibledream.jpg
Released:	April 20, 2004
Genre:	Contemporary Folk
Length:	48:38
Label:	ATO Records
Producer:	Craig Ross
Prev Title:	A Kiss in Time
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Children Running Through
Next Year:	2007

Impossible Dream is the fourth studio album (fifth album overall) by the American folk musician Patty Griffin, released on April 20, 2004. The album features an unlisted song – Griffin’s mother and father singing “The Impossible Dream” – at the end of “Top of the World.”

Impossible Dream reached a peak of number 67 on the Billboard 200 chart,^[1] selling 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Patty Griffin

1. “Love Throw a Line” – 3:38
2. “Cold as It Gets” – 2:38
3. “Kite” – 3:09
4. “Standing” – 4:04
5. “Useless Desires” – 5:50
6. “Top of the World” – 5:28
7. “Rowing Song” – 3:26
8. “When It Don’t Come Easy” – 4:52
9. “Florida” – 5:01
10. “Mother of God” – 7:14
11. “Icicles” – 3:18

Personnel

• Patty Griffin – vocals, guitar, piano
• Emmylou Harris – background vocals
• Lisa Germano – violin, zither
• Ian McLagan – electric piano
• Julie Miller – background vocals
• Billy Beard – drums
• Brian Beattie – bowed bass, pump organ
• Doug Lancio – guitar, mandolin
• Michael Ramos – trumpet
• Frank Howard Swart – bass
• Sumner Erickson – tuba
• John Deaderick – organ
• Brady Blade, Jr. – drums
• JD Foster – bass, percussion
• Jonathan Greene – drums

External links

• Lyrics to the album on PattyNet.net

Notes and References

1. Artist chart history for Patty Griffin
2. Caulfield, Keith. “Ask Billboard – Griffin’s ‘Impossible Dream’”. Billboard. May 5, 2004.