Dark Was The Night
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CRITIC REVIEWS
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Charity albums all start wonderfully-- with good intentions and noble causes. Alas, they frequently end poorly, entering the world as collections of outtakes, abandoned ideas, and uninspired covers. Whether that matters is another thing: If you share Natalie Portman's
interest in the value of microcredit, or any number of executive producers' hope for more Darfur awareness or money for Doctors Without Borders, getting a decent Death Cab song or Afrobeat comp should simply be a bonus "thank you" for your minimal contribution.
4AD's charity compilation for the Red Hot Organization collects the cream of indieland in a pretty emotive set.
END OF YEAR LISTS
| #17 | / | Stereogum |
| #18 | / | NPR |
| #23 | / | Amazon |
| #24 | / | Paste |
| #24 | / | Pretty Much Amazing |
| #44 | / | Treble |
| #45 | / | No Ripcord |
Track List
This Disc:
- Dirty Projectors and David Byrne: "Knotty Pine"
- The Books [ft. Jose Gonzalez]: "Cello Song" (Nick Drake cover)
- Feist and Ben Gibbard: "Train Song" (Vashti Bunyan cover)
- Bon Iver: "Brackett, WI"
- Grizzly Bear: "Deep Blue Sea"
- The National: "So Far Around the Bend" (arrangement by Nico Muhly)
- Yeasayer: "Tightrope"
- My Brightest Diamond: "Feeling Good" (Nina Simone cover)
- Kronos Quartet: "Dark Was the Night" (Blind Willie Johnson cover)
- Antony and Bryce Dessner: "I Was Young When I Left Home" (Bob Dylan cover)
- Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner: "Big Red Machine"
- The Decemberists: "Sleepless"
- Iron and Wine: "Stolen Houses (Die)"
- Grizzly Bear and Feist: "Service Bell"
- Sufjan Stevens: "You Are the Blood"
That Disc:
- Spoon: "Well-Alright"
- Arcade Fire: "Lenin"
- Beirut: "Mimizan"
- My Morning Jacket: "El Caporal"
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: "Inspiration Information" (Shuggie Otis cover)
- Dave Sitek: "With a Girl Like You" (The Troggs cover)
- Buck 65 [ft. Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti]: "Blood Pt 2" (based on "You are the Blood" by Castanets)
- The New Pornographers: "Hey, Snow White" (Destroyer cover)
- Yo La Tengo: "Gentle Hour" (Snapper cover)
- Stuart Murdoch: "Another Saturday" (traditional)
- Riceboy Sleeps: "Happiness"
- Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues: "Amazing Grace" (traditional)
- Andrew Bird: "The Giant of Illinois" (Handsome Family cover)
- Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch: "Lua"
- Blonde Redhead and Devestations: "When the Road Runs Out"
- Kevin Drew: "Love vs. Porn"
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