title: Dreams of Breathing Underwater
text: # Dreams of Breathing Underwater
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  Dreams 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.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks written by Eliza Carthy and Ben Ivitsky except "Hug You Like a Mountain" (Rory McLeod)
  
  * "Follow the Dollar" – 3:40
  * "Two Tears" – 4:14
  * "Rows of Angels" – 3:12
  * "Rosalie" – 3:43
  * "Mr Magnifico" – 6:06
  * "Like I Care (Wings)" – 3:28
  * "Lavenders" – 4:19
  * "Little Bigman" – 4:58
  * "Simple Things" – 4:22
  * "Hug You Like a Mountain" – 4:30
  * "Oranges and Sea Salt" – 3:34
  
  ## 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, piano
  * Barnaby Stradling – bass guitar
  * Willy Molleson – drums, singing, drumtrak machine, vocals, cajon/moog
  * Ben Ivitsky – singing, 5-string viola, acoustic and electric guitars, noises, Stylaphone, triangle, percussion, rowing, cajon/moog, trombone, vocals
  * Barney Strachan – organetta, singing, drumtrak machine
  * John Spiers – melodeon, singing
  * Jon Boden – violin, concertina, singing, banjo
  * Conrad Ivitsky – double bass, vocals
  * Donald Hay – drums, percussion
  * Heather Macleod – singing
  * Paul Sartin – oboe
  * Micky Marr – bass guitar
  * Robert McFall – string arrangement, violin
  * Claire Sterling – violin
  * Brian Schieles – viola
  * Su-a Lee – cello
  * Tom Lyne – double bass
  * Tim Mathew – narrator (on "Mr Magnifico"), violin
  * Toby Shippey – trumpet
  * Martin Green – piano accordion, keyboards
  * Marcus Britton – trumpet
  * Tim Lane – trombone
  * Olivia Furness – tenor saxophone
  * Greg Ivitsky – alto saxophone, vocals
  * Sarah Roberts – singing
  * Eddi Reader – singing
  * Emma Smith – singing
  * Gideon Jukes – tuba
  * David "Demus" Donnelly – bass guitar
  * The Bevvy Sisters – Heather Macleod, Kaela Rowan, Lindsay Black.
  