Released July 20, 1999 Blue Days Black Nights(1999) Live at 33 ⁄3(2000) Release date 20 July 1999 | Length 40:12 Producer T Bone Burnett | |
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Similar Right Between the Promi, Never Home, Can You Fly, This Perfect World, The Trouble Tree | ||
Blue Days Black Nights is the fifth album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 1999 on Elektra Records.
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Reception
Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield called Johnston "[a] complete singer-songwriter" who "[u]nlike your typical solo guitar guy… can actually sing." Concluding that "Blue Days Black Nights is his finest bag of tunes since the 1992 cult classic Can You Fly, on which his emotional folk rock really came together."
AllMusic's Jason Ankeny called the album Johnston's "darkest, most understated to date" and "the singer's most intimate effort, largely rejecting the quirky character studies of prior outings in favor of more plainly personal narratives, and revealing new shades of depth and honesty in the process." Concluding that "Blue Days Black Nights possesses a hushed gravity which insinuates itself only over repeated listens."
Track listing
All songs written by Freedy Johnston.
- "Underwater Life" – 5:11
- "The Farthest Lights" – 3:55
- "While I Wait for You" – 3:33
- "Pretend It's Summer" – 5:27
- "Changed Your Mind" – 4:00
- "Caught as You Look Away" – 3:26
- "Moving on a Holiday" – 2:56
- "Until the Sun Comes Back Again" – 3:02
- "Depending on the Night" – 4:15
- "Emily" – 4:27
Personnel
Songs
1Underwater Life5:12
2The Farthest Lights3:55
3While I Wait for You3:34