Various Artists - Dark Was the Night: Red Hot Compilation

Title: Dark Was the Night: Red Hot Compilation Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 2/17/2009 Label: 4AD Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits UPCs: 652637283525, 0652637283563 Genre: Rock Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 17 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Knotty Pine :: David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors
2. Cello Song :: The Books, Jose Gonzalez
3. Train Song :: Feist, Ben Gibbard
4. Brackett, WI :: Bon Iver
5. Deep Blue Sea :: Grizzly Bear
6. So Far Around the Bend :: The National
7. Tightrope :: Yeasayer
8. Feeling Good :: My Brightest Diamond
9. Dark Was the Night :: Kronos Quartet
10. I Was Young When I Left Home :: Antony, Bryce Dessner
11. Big Red Machine :: Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
12. Sleepless :: The Decemberists
13. Die :: Iron & Wine
14. Service Bell :: Feist, Grizzly Bear
15. You Are the Blood :: Sufjan Stevens

1. Well-Alright :: Spoon
2. Lenin :: Arcade Fire
3. Mimizan :: Beirut
4. El Caporal :: My Morning Jacket
5. Inspiration Information :: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
6. With a Girl Like You :: David Andrew Sitek
7. Blood, Pt. 2 [Remix] :: Buck 65, Serengeti, Sufjan Stevens
8. Hey, Snow White :: The New Pornographers
9. Gentle Hour :: Yo La Tengo
10. Another Saturday :: Stuart Murdoch
11. Happiness :: Jónsi & Alex
12. Amazing Grace :: Cat Power
13. The Giant of Illinois :: Andrew Bird
14. Lua :: Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch
15. When the Road Runs Out :: Blonde Redhead, Devastations
16. Love vs. Porn :: Kevin Drew

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD 4AD 2009 CD 4AD 72835

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The 20th Red Hot compilation Dark Was the Night also arrives during the AIDS charity's 20th anniversary. Curated by the National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner and John Carlin, this double-disc set plays like a who's who of late 2000s indie rock, especially of the mellow and/or folky variety: Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Feist, Ben Gibbard, and Jose Gonzalez all contribute tracks. Though Carlin and the Dessners didn't specify a particular theme for the project outside of updating traditional themes, Dark Was the Night's first disc is remarkably cohesive. Bon Iver's "Brackett, WI," the Decemberists' "Sleepless," the National's "So Far Around the Bend," and Iron & Wine's "Stolen Houses (Die)" are quintessential examples of what these artists are all about. Many of the brightest moments have a spooky, strangely antique feel, particularly the Kronos Quartet's update of Blind Willie Johnson's title track, which keeps the ruminative soulfulness and grit of the original while transporting it to a very different setting. Antony Hegarty and Bryce Dessner's take on Bob Dylan's "I Left Home When I Was Young" is similarly lonely and haunting, but the real standouts is My Brightest Diamond's ambitious cover of "Feelin' Good," which nods to Nina Simone's classic version while staying true to Shana Worden's chilly yet intimate musical vision. Likewise, Feist's collaboration with Grizzly Bear on "Service Bell" brings out an unearthly, almost unrecognizable side to her voice. Dark Was the Night's second disc is more disjointed, but arguably a more interesting listen -- Spoon's brash "Well-Alright," the Arcade Fire's anthemic "Lenin," and Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings' slinky cover of Shuggie Otis' "Inspiration Information" have little in common other than that they're all well-crafted. Skipping from indie hip-hop ("Blood, Pt 2," Buck 65's remix of Sufjan Stevens' cover of Castanets' "You are the Blood" featuring rapper Serengeti) to filmic Americana (Andrew Bird's take on the Handsome Family's "The Giant of Illinois") to roots rock (My Morning Jacket's "El Caporal"), there's little rhyme or reason but lots of entertainment. Other highlights include the Dirty Projects' and David Byrne's "Knotty Pine," Stuart Murdoch's simple and beautiful "Another Saturday," and Blonde Redhead and Devastations' dreamy, unsettling "When the Road Runs Out." Though some of the tracks contributed by Dark Was the Night's artists are a touch too predictable, it's uncharitable to nitpick too much when the collection offers so much music for such a good cause. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Dessner Liner Notes, Piano, Bass, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Bass (Electric) Alex Sopp Flute Amber Coffman Vocals Anand Wilder Instrumentation Andrew Scheps Mixing Andy Pratt Creative Director Angel Deradoorian Vocals Anthony Bovasso Development Antony Hegarty Vocals Ben Gibbard Guitar (Electric), Vocals Ben Lanz Trombone Binky Griptite Guitar Bo Koster Keyboards Bosco Mann Glockenspiel Brian McComber Drums Brian Wolfe Drums Bryan Devendorf Drums Bryce Dessner Producer, Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Guitar, Engineer Buck 65 Remixing Carl Broemel Horn, Guitar Chan Marshall Vocals, Arranger Charles Spearin Trumpet Chris Funk Banjo, Guitar Chris Keating Instrumentation Chris Moore Mixing Chris Taylor Producer, Mixing Colin Holgate Development Colin Meloy Vocals, Guitar Colin Oberst Guitar, Vocals David Andrew Sitek Vocals, Drum Programming, Bass, Mixing, Synthesizer David Boucher Mixing David Byrne Vocals, Guitar David Cossin Drums David Guy Trumpet David Harrington Producer, Editing, Mixing, Violin David Rawlings Guitar DM Stith Vocals Erik Paparozzi Bass Fernando Velez Conga Gillian Bar Representation Gillian Welch Guitar, Vocals Gregg Foreman Piano Gustave Doré Artwork, Illustrations Hank Dutt Viola Hideaki Aomori Clarinet Homer Steinweiss Drums Howard Bilerman Drums, Engineer Ian Hendrickson-Smith Sax (Baritone) Ira Wolf Tuton Instrumentation Jason Nunes Development Jay Braun Mixing Jeff Saltzman Mixing, Engineer Jeffrey Zeigler Cello Jenny Conlee Piano, Accordion Jeremy Lemos Engineer Jesse Sanford Development Jim James Producer, Guitar, Vocals Jim White Drums Joe Chiccarelli Producer, Mixing Joe Lambert Mastering Joel Hamburger Mixing Joel Katz Vocals (Background) John Carlin Executive Producer, Creative Director John Collins Engineer John Giordano Booklet John La Development John Moen Drums, Vocals (Background), Percussion John Sherba Violin Jose Gonzalez Vocals Judah Bauer Guitar Justin Vernon Producer, Instrumentation, Engineer, Vocals Kendrick Strauch Piano Kevin Drew Keyboards, Floor Tom, Mixing, Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic) Kyle B. Resnick Trumpet, Vocals Lisa Molinaro Viola, Vocals (Background) Luke Fasano Instrumentation Maria Jeffers Strings, Cello Mark Greenberg Engineer Mark Lawson Mixing Marla Hansen Strings Matt Berninger Vocals Mick Cooke Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards Mike Mogis Mixing Mike O'Brien Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background) Mike Olsen Cello Miwa Okumura Producer Nadia Sirota Viola Nate Query Bass (Upright) Nathan Lithgow Bass Neal Sugarman Sax (Tenor) Nick Movshon Bass Nick Petree Engineer, Percussion Nico Muhly Celeste, String Arrangements, Orchestration, Engineer, String Engineer Nicolas Vernhes Engineer, Mixing Ohad Benchetrit Guitar (Electric), Engineer, Mixing, Slide Guitar, Bass Olive Panter Production Coordination Olivier Manchon Strings Padma Newsome Viola, Organ, Vocals, Orchestration Parrish Griggs Production Coordination Patrick Hallahan Drums Paul Heck Producer Peter Katis Engineer, Mixing Phil Palazzolo Engineer Régine Chassagne Piano, Vocals Richard Reed Parry Drums (Steel) Rob Moose Violin, Strings Robbie Lackritz Engineer, Mixing Ryan Feerer Packaging, Cover Art Sarah Neufeld Violin Scott Colburn Mixing, Producer Scott Devendorf Vocals Scott Fraser Engineer, Producer, Mixing, Editing Sebastian Krueger Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass) Serengeti Rap Shara Worden Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Engineer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Sharon Jones Vocals (Background), Vocals Stephen Prutsman Arranger Steve Jackson Guitar Stuart Bogie Vibraphone, Horn, Mellotron, Tom-Tom Stuart Murdoch Organ, Vocals Sufjan Stevens Instrumentation Thomas Brenneck Guitar Tim Kingsbury Bass Victor Axelrod Piano Will Butler Synthesizer Win Butler Guitar, Vocals Zac Rae Keyboards, Guitar Zach Condon Flugelhorn, Accordion, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Vocals