Words & Music (Planxty album)

Words & Music is the sixth album by the Irish folk band Planxty, produced by Dónal Lunny and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in late October and early November of 1982;  it would be their only release on the WEA label. In 1989, the album was reprinted by the Shanachie label, who have kept it in print ever since.

Expanded line-up
Like the previous album, The Woman I Loved So Well, Words & Music features an expanded line-up of the band. Core band members Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine and Liam O'Flynn were joined again by keyboard player Bill Whelan, now a member of the band, and fiddler Nollaig Casey,  who had been performing live with the band since 1980. Fiddler James Kelly and Moving Hearts bass player Eoghan O'Neill also appear on the album.

Track listing
(Traditional; arranged by Planxty) (Words: Traditional; music: Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny) (Traditional; arranged by Planxty) (From John Reilly, with new words and music from Christy Moore) (Andy Irvine)/(Si Kahn) (Traditional; arranged by Planxty) (Bob Dylan) (William Byrd, arranged by Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)
 * 1) "Queen of the Rushes"/"Paddy Fahy's" (jigs) – 3:25
 * 1) "Thousands Are Sailing" (song) – 5:18
 * 1) "Táimse Im' Chodladh" (slow air) – 4:07
 * 1) "Lord Baker" (song) – 9:16
 * 1) "Accidentals"/"Aragon Mill" (instrumental/song) – 6:02
 * 1) "Aconry Lasses"/"The Old Wheels Of The World"/"The Spike Island Lasses" (reels) – 3:32
 * 1) "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" (song) – 4:25
 * 1) "Irish Marche" (Irish clan march) – 3:37

Personnel

 * Christy Moore - vocals, guitar, bodhrán
 * Andy Irvine - vocals, mandolin, bouzouki
 * Dónal Lunny - guitar, bouzouki, spinnet, dulcimer, bowed psaltery, Prophet synthesizer
 * Liam O'Flynn - uilleann pipes, tin whistle
 * Bill Whelan - keyboards
 * Nollaig Casey - fiddle
 * James Kelly - fiddle
 * Eoghan O'Neill - electric bass