Blue Days Black Nights

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Blue Days Black Nights
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Studio album by
Freedy Johnston
ReleasedJuly 20, 1999
Genre Alternative rock
Length40:12
Label Elektra
Producer T-Bone Burnett, Roger Moutenot
Freedy Johnston chronology
Never Home
(1997)		Blue Days Black Nights
(1999)		Live at 331⁄3
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]

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." [2]

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." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Freedy Johnston.

  1. "Underwater Life" – 5:11
  2. "The Farthest Lights" – 3:55
  3. "While I Wait for You" – 3:33
  4. "Pretend It's Summer" – 5:27
  5. "Changed Your Mind" – 4:00
  6. "Caught as You Look Away" – 3:26
  7. "Moving on a Holiday" – 2:56
  8. "Until the Sun Comes Back Again" – 3:02
  9. "Depending on the Night" – 4:15
  10. "Emily" – 4:27

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. Blue Days Black Nights at AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Sheffield, Rob. "Blue Days Black Nights", Rolling Stone , August 19, 1999, p. 115.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Freedy Johnston". Robert Christgau . Retrieved August 4, 2015.
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