Impossible Dream
# Impossible Dream

Professional ratings :

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| Allmusic | link |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |

Impossible Dream is the fourth studio album (fifth album overall) by the American folk musician Patty Griffin, released on April 20, 2004. The album features an unlisted song – Griffin’s mother and father singing “The Impossible Dream” – at the end of “Top of the World.”

Impossible Dream reached a peak of number 67 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week.

## Track listing

All tracks composed by Patty Griffin

* “Love Throw a Line” – 3:38
* “Cold as It Gets” – 2:38
* “Kite” – 3:09
* “Standing” – 4:04
* “Useless Desires” – 5:50
* “Top of the World” – 5:28
* “Rowing Song” – 3:26
* “When It Don’t Come Easy” – 4:52
* “Florida” – 5:01
* “Mother of God” – 7:14
* “Icicles” – 3:18

## Personnel

* Patty Griffin – vocals, guitar, piano
* Emmylou Harris – background vocals
* Lisa Germano – violin, zither
* Ian McLagan – electric piano
* Julie Miller – background vocals
* Billy Beard – drums
* Brian Beattie – bowed bass, pump organ
* Doug Lancio – guitar, mandolin
* Michael Ramos – trumpet
* Frank Howard Swart – bass
* Sumner Erickson – tuba
* John Deaderick – organ
* Brady Blade, Jr. – drums
* JD Foster – bass, percussion
* Jonathan Greene – drums
