Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel

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ReleasedMay 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)
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Length50:22
Label Night Time Stories
Producer Agnes Obel
Agnes Obel chronology
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(2016)
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(2018)
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(2020)
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(2017)
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(2018)
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(2019)
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Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel is a compilation album curated and performed by Agnes Obel for Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 25 May 2018. It features artists such as Nina Simone, Henry Mancini, Ray Davies, Michelle Gurevich, Can, and Yello, among many others. Three previously unheard songs from Obel appear in the mix, including “Poem About Death”, a collaboration with the Danish poet Inger Christensen. [2] [3] Critics compared the album with David Lynch's work. [1] [4]

Contents

Obel wrote about her album, "I was surprised at how much time I ended up spending on this. I collected all the songs together with my partner Alex and we just spent time listening to records, trying to see what would fit together. Some of the music I’ve included here is on mixtapes we made when we were just friends as teenagers. Each one of the tracks produces stories in my head." [5]

Track listing

  1. "The Evil Theme" - Henry Mancini
  2. "Moonbird" - Roger Webb
  3. "Eden’s Island" - eden ahbez
  4. "The Nights” - Lee Hazlewood
  5. "Ay Ay Ay Ay" (Angle-Lala) - Nora Dean
  6. "Great Mission" - Yello
  7. "Aleluia" - Quarteto em Cy & Tamba Trio
  8. "Bloody Shadows from a Distance" - Lena Platonos
  9. "I Go to Sleep" - Ray Davies
  10. "Piano Quintet, V" - Alfred Schnittke
  11. "Stretch Your Eyes" (Ambient Acapella) - Agnes Obel
  12. "Pilentze Pee" (Pilentze Sings) - The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir
  13. "Glemmer Du" (Exclusive Arvid Müller Cover Version) - Agnes Obel
  14. "Bee Dance" (Exclusive) - Agnes Obel
  15. "The End" - Sibylle Baier
  16. "Party Girl" - Michelle Gurevich
  17. "Oscura Primavera" - Can
  18. "I Lie" - David Lang
  19. "Images" (Live in New York 1964) - Nina Simone
  20. "Poem About Death" (Exclusive Spoken Words With Music) - Agnes Obel

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