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The Girl Who Couldn't Fly

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The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
Studio album by
Released11 October 2005
RecordedPure Records Studio, South Yorkshire
GenreFolk
Length49:27
LabelPure Records
ProducerJohn McCusker
Kate Rusby chronology
Underneath the Stars
(2003)
The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
(2005)
Awkward Annie
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Girl Who Couldn't Fly is an album by British folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 2005. The title refers to Rusby's fear of flying.[2]

The album cover features a painting by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.[3]

Track listing[edit]

All songs by Kate Rusby unless otherwise stated.

  1. "Game of All Fours" (Traditional, arranged by Rusby and John McCusker) – 3:40
  2. "The Lark" – 4:16
  3. "No Names" – 3:28
  4. "Mary Blaize" (Traditional lyrics, music by Rusby) – 3:25[4]
  5. "A Ballad" (Traditional lyrics, music by Rusby) – 4:50
  6. "You Belong to Me" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Price)– 3:25
  7. "Elfin Knight" (Traditional)– 4:04
  8. "The Bonnie House of Airlie" (Traditional, arranged by Rusby and McCusker) – 5:39
  9. "Moon Shadow" – 4:23
  10. "Wandering Soul" – 4:12
  11. "Fare Thee Well" – 3:41
  12. "Little Jack Frost" – 4:24

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Official web site at "Kate Rusby - Biography Kate Rusby". Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  3. ^ See album sleeve notes.
  4. ^ The lyrics are a poem by Oliver Goldsmith; illustrated by Randolph Caldecott