The Impossible Thrill Explained

The Impossible Thrill
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alpha
Cover:	The Impossible Thrill.jpg
Studio:	Alpha Studios, Clevedon Abbey Road Studios, London Gas Works, Bristol
Genre:	Trip hop, downtempo
Label:	Melankolic, Virgin
Producer:	Corin Dingley, Andy Jenks
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Stargazing
Next Year:	2003

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Track listing

Sample

• "Blues" by Nino Rota on Almost There

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discography. Alphaheaven. 19 August 2017.
2. Web site: Our Critics' Top Albums of 2001. Rolling Stone. 26 December 2001. 18 August 2017.