- folk
- 38 min
- 12 tracks
- Virgin
Alas, I Cannot Swim is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling. The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.
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Spare, character-led, grave and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1Ghosts2:60
- 2Old Stone2:59
- 3Tap at My Window2:48
- 4Failure3:21
- 5You’re No God2:28
- 6Cross Your Fingers2:24
- 7Crawled Out of the Sea (interlude)1:16
- 8My Manic and I3:56
- 9Night Terror3:09
- 10The Captain and the Hourglass3:10
- 11Shine2:39
- 12Your Only Doll (Dora) / untitled bird song / Alas I Cannot Swim7:17
12 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Laura Marling
- Label
- Virgin
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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