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Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation) (CD)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Knotty Pine  
2   Cello Song  
3   Train Song  
4   Brackett, WI  
5   Deep Blue Sea  
6   So Far Around The Bend  
7   Tightrope  
8   Feeling Good  
9   Dark Was The Night  
10   I Was Young When I Left Home  
11   Big Red Machine  
12   Sleepless  
13   Sleepless  
14   Service Bell  
15   Blood  
 
DISC 2 for Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Well -Alright  
2   Lenin  
3   Mimizan  
4   El Caporal  
5   Ispiration Information  
6   With A Girl Like You  
7   Blood Pt. 2  
8   Hey, Snow White  
9   Gentle Hour  
10   Another Saturday  
11   Happiness  
12   Amazing Grace  
13   Giant Of Illinois, The  
14   Lua  
15   When The Road Runs Out  
16   Love Vs. Porn  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.69) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Feist flutters through a Vashti Bunyan gem with Ben Gibbard, and Sharon Jones sanctifies Shuggie Otis' psych-soul classic 'Inspiration Information.'"
Spin (p.82) - "[T]he latest in the Red Hot series of AIDS benefit albums plays like a musically and thematically linked NPR broadcast from a gentle corner of indie-rock heaven."
Pitchfork (Website) - "Sufjan Stevens breaks his relative silence with a cover of the Castanets' `You Are the Blood'..Infusing the track with a twitchy, restless quality, Stevens reimagines the song - musically as well as lyrically - as a tussle between the subject and his body."

Title Note

Several years since the last compilation benefiting the Red Hot AIDS relief organization, DARK WAS THE NIGHT was compiled by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the National and released on the pioneering UK indie 4AD Records. As a result, the 31 exclusive tracks on this two disc set read like a who's who of the most vital parts of the contemporary indie rock scene. Participants include several intriguing duets (Feist appears with both Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Brooklyn indie kings Grizzly Bear; Conor Oberst appears alongside Gillian Welch) and new bespoke songs by the likes of the Decemberists, the New Pornographers, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew.

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"Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th, 2009. It’s comprised of 31 exclusive tracks and it will be available as a double cd/triple vinyl/download and will benefit the Red Hot Organization – an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture. They are the people responsible for albums including No Alternative, Red Hot and Blue and many more, and this is their 20th year, and this is the 20th release!"

DARK WAS THE NIGHT - TRACK LISTING WITH ARTISTS

THIS DISC
1 Knotty Pine – Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
2 Cello Song (Nick Drake) – The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
3 Train Song (Vashti Bunyan recorded, written by Alasdair Clayre) – Feist + Ben Gibbard
4 Brackett, WI – Bon Iver
5 Deep Blue Sea – Grizzly Bear
6 So Far Around the Bend – The National (arrangement by Nico Muhly)
7 Tightrope – Yeasayer
8 Feeling Good (popularized by Nina Simone) – My Brightest Diamond
9 Dark Was the Night (Blind Willie Johnson) – Kronos Quartet
10 I Was Young When I Left Home (Bob Dylan) – Antony + Bryce Dessner
11 Big Red Machine – Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
12 Sleepless – The Decemberists
13 Stolen Houses (Die) – Iron and Wine
14 Service Bell – Grizzly Bear + Feist
15 You Are The Blood – Sufjan Stevens

THAT DISC
1 Well-Alright – Spoon
2 Lenin – Arcade Fire
3 Mimizan – Beirut
4 El Caporal – My Morning Jacket
5 Inspiration Information (Shuggie Otis) – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
6 With A Girl Like You (The Troggs) – Dave Sitek
7 Blood Pt 2 (based on original song “You are the Blood” by the Castanets) – Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
8 Hey, Snow White (Destroyer) – The New Pornographers
9 Gentle Hour (Snapper) – Yo La Tengo
10 Another Saturday (traditional song) – Stuart Murdoch
11 Happiness – Riceboy Sleeps
12 Amazing Grace (traditional song) – Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
13 The Giant Of Illinois (Handsome Family) – Andrew Bird
14 Lua – Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch
15 When the Road Runs Out – Blonde Redhead + Devastations
16 Love vs. Porn – Kevin Drew

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