Blood from Stars

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Blood from Stars
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 2009
RecordedMarch 16–20, 2009
Genre Blues, experimental, folk rock
Length57:08
Label ANTI-
Producer Joe Henry
Joe Henry chronology
Civilians
(2007)
Blood from Stars
(2009)
Reverie
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
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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

Cover version

In 2012, Tom Jones released a recording of "All Blues Hail Mary" on his studio album, Spirit in the Room . [4]

Notes

  1. "Blood From Stars by Joe Henry". metacritic.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. "Blood from Stars - Joe Henry - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. "Joe Henry: Blood from Stars". popmatters.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. "Spirit in the Room - Tom Jones - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

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