Dreams of Breathing Underwater

Dreams of Breathing Underwater
Studio album by Eliza Carthy
Released	2008
Genre	Folk
Length	46:11
Label	Topic Records
Producer	Ben Ivitsky and Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy chronology
Rough Music (2005) Dreams of Breathing Underwater (2008) Neptune (2011)

Dreaming of Breathing Underwater is a 2008 album by folk singer and violin player Eliza Carthy. It is seen by many as a successor to her 2000 album Angels and Cigarettes as, unlike her other albums, it contains, rather than traditional songs and tunes, her own songs - in this case, written in collaboration with Ben Ivitsky.

Track listing

All tracks written by Eliza Carthy and Ben ivitsky except "Hug You Like a Mountain" (Rory McLeod)

1. "Follow the Dollar" – 3:41
2. "Two Tears" – 4:14
3. "Rows of Angels" – 3:13
4. "Rosalie" – 3:45
5. "Mr Magnifico" – 6:06
6. "Like I Care (Wings)" – 3:29
7. "Lavenders" – 4:20
8. "Little Bigman" – 5:02
9. "Simple Things" – 4:22
10. "Hug You Like a Mountain" – 4:30
11. "Oranges and Sea Salt" – 3:35

Song details

• "Mr Magnifico" is said to frequent the Holyrood Tavern in Edinburgh.

Personnel

• Eliza Carthy – tenor guitar, singing, violin, octave violin, ukulele, one row melodeon, and piano
• Barnaby Stradling – bass guitar
• Willy Molleson – drums, singing, drumtrak machine, vocals, and cajon/moog
• Ben Ivitsky – singing, 5-string viola, acoustic and electric guitars, noises, Stylaphone, triangle, percussion, rowing, cajon/moog, trombone, and vocals
• Barney Strachan - organetta, singing, and drumtrak machine
• John Spiers – melodeon, and singing
• Jon Boden – violin, concertina, singing, and banjo
• Conrad Ivitsky – double bass, and vocals
• Donald Hay – drums, and percussion
• Heather Macleod – singing
• Paul Sartin – oboe
• Micky Marr – bass guitar
• Robert McFall - string arrangement, and violin
• Claire Sterling - violin
• Brian Schieles - viola
• Su-a Lee - cello
• Tom Lyne - double bass
• Tim Mathew - narrator (on 'Mr Magnifico'), and violin
• Toby Shippey - trumpet
• Martin Green - piano accordion, and keyboard
• Marcus Britton - trumpet
• Tim Lane - trombone
• Olivia Furness - tenor sax
• Greg Ivitsky - alto sax, and vocals
• Sarah Roberts - singing
• Eddi Reader - singing
• Emma Smith - singing
• Gideon Jukes - tuba
• David 'Demus' Donnelly - bass guitar
• Plus The Bevvy Sisters - Heather Macleod, Kaela Rowan, and Lindsay Black.