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Blood from Stars

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Released
  
August 18, 2009

Length
  
57:08

Artist
  
Joe Henry

Producer
  
Joe Henry

Recorded
  
March 16–20, 2009

Blood from Stars (2009)
  
Reverie (2011)

Release date
  
18 August 2009

Label
  
Anti-

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Genres
  
Blues, Folk rock, Experimental music

Similar
  
Joe Henry albums, Blues albums

The man i keep hid joe henry


Blood from Stars is the eleventh studio album by Joe Henry, released in August 2009, and his third release on the ANTI- label.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Joe Henry, except where noted.

  1. "Prelude: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down" – 5:44
  2. "The Man I Keep Hid" – 5:05
  3. "Channel" – 5:19
  4. "This Is My Favorite Cage" – 4:08
  5. "Death to the Storm" (Henry, Patrick Warren) – 4:58
  6. "All Blues Hail Mary" – 5:33
  7. "Bellwether" – 4:02
  8. "Progress of Love (Dark Ground)" – 4:27
  9. "Over Her Shoulder" – 3:26
  10. "Suit on a Frame" – 6:22
  11. "Truce" – 3:46
  12. "Stars" – 5:13
  13. "Coda: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down" – 2:35

Personnel

  • Produced by Joe Henry
  • Recorded and mixed by Ryan Freeland at The Garfield House, South Pasadena, CA
  • Engineering assistance provided by Julian Cubillos
  • Additional recording by Kevin Killen at Avatar Studios, New York, NY, March 21, 2009
  • Musicians:
  • Joe Henry – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jay Bellerose – drums and percussion
  • Keefus Ciancia – keyboards, piano and vibraphone
  • Levon Henry - tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet
  • David Piltch – electric bass and editorial guidance
  • Marc Ribot - electric, acoustic and gut-string guitar, bowed banjo and coronet
  • Patrick Warren – upright and tack piano, field organ and keyboards
  • Special guests:
  • Jennifer Condos – electric bass on "Stars"
  • Mark Hatch – flugelhorn on "Progress of Love"
  • Marc Anthony Thompson – additional vocals
  • Jason Moran - piano on "Prelude"
  • Photographs by W. Eugene Smith
  • Design by Anabel Sinn
  • Cover version

    In 2012, Tom Jones released a recording of "All Blues Hail Mary" on his studio album, Spirit in the Room.

    Songs

    1Prelude: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down2:14
    2The Man I Keep Hid5:05
    3Channel5:20

    References

    Blood from Stars Wikipedia