The Olympus Sound
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| Released | 19 August 2011 (Ireland) 16 April 2012 | |||
| Recorded | January–March 2011 Exchequer Studios, Dublin Summit Studios, Dublin Tonsil Town Studios, Swindon | |||
| Genre | Chamber pop Power pop | |||
| Length | 42:06 | |||
| Label | 1969 Records/EMI Lojinx | |||
| Producer | Thomas Walsh Tosh Flood | |||
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| Daily Express | |
| Hot Press | Favourable |
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The Olympus Sound is the fifth studio album by Irish power pop band Pugwash. It features contributions from Ben Folds, Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, and Dave Gregory and Andy Partridge of XTC. Frontman Thomas Walsh wrote the track "Dear Belinda" as a birthday present for British actress Belinda Stewart-Wilson, and claimed Stewart-Wilson had requested to sing vocals on the final version of the song but she does not appear on the album.