Late Night Tales: David Holmes

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Late Night Tales: David Holmes
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Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
Genre Electronic music
Length71:44 [1]
Label Night Time Stories
Producer David Holmes
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Professional ratings
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Metacritic 99/100 [2]
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Late Night Tales: David Holmes is a DJ mix album curated and performed by David Holmes for Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 21 October 2016. It features artists such as Children of Sunshine, Buddy Holly, Neo Maya, Geese, and Jon Hopkins, among many others. [3]

Contents

The album was highly praised by critics, getting a rating of 99/100 (universal acclaim) by Metacritic. [2] The Irish Times' Jim Carrol wrote, "Holmes does not disappoint, creating powerfully evocative, engaging and moving sound essays on life, loss, mortality, brotherhood and memory. [...] Holmes’ selections for the small hours are full of heft, melancholy and deeply felt connections." [3] Brian Coney of The Quietus wrote, “Few individuals fit the mould for a much-loved, artist-curated compilation series quite as comfortably as David Holmes. [...] In taking our hand but never gripping too tight, Holmes taps into something that even the best Late Night Tales compilations sometimes neglect: the pure self-therapy of total escapism." [6] Ransom Note author Joe Roberts wrote, "If there is such thing as a soul, then Holmes has poured his own into this." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Great Father Spirit in the Sky"Barry WoolnoughDavid Holmes & Barry Woolnough4:33
2."The Reiki Healer from County Down"David Holmes & Steve JonesDavid Holmes & Steve Jones3:42
3."It’s a Long Way to Heaven"The Children of SunshineDavid Holmes & The Children of Sunshine1:59
4."Slythtovery"Hugo NicolsonDavid Holmes & Spark Sparkle2:42
5."Talking Judgement Blues"Alain MacleanDavid Holmes & Alain Maclean2:43
6."Orleans"David CrosbyDavid Holmes & David Crosby1:42
7."Love Is Strange" Mickey & Sylvia & Ethel “Cookie” Smith David Holmes & Buddy Holly 3:00
8."Paradise of Replica" Haco David Holmes & After Dinner2:44
9."Ru Ru (Sleep Little Baby)" Leo Abrahams & Sophia Brous & David CoulterDavid Holmes & Lullaby Movements3:52
10."It’s on Every one of Us" David Pomeranz David Holmes & Jeff Bridges & Keefus Ciancia 6:14
11."I'm Not in Love" 10cc David Holmes & Song Sung6:24
12."I Won’t Hurt You" Shaun Harris & Michael Lloyd & Robert MarkleyDavid Holmes & Neo Maya2:32
13."Henry McCullough"David Holmes & BP Fallon David Holmes & BP Fallon5:34
14."Love as a Ghost"DocumentaDavid Holmes & Documenta4:41
15."Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar, Buchla Music Box 100, Hewlett Packard Model 236 Oscillator, Electric Guitar And Computer, Pt. 1" Keith Fullerton Whitman David Holmes & Keith Fullerton Whitman2:38
16."Into Forever"Nell Rudd Eat Lights Become Lights 5:02
17."Andrew Parsnip"Vince Sipprell & Emma SmithDavid Holmes & Geese4:08
18."Gloomy Sunday"Diane CampbellDavid Holmes & Die Hexen2:53
19."Elsewhere Anchises"David Holmes & Jon Hopkins David Holmes & Jon Hopkins4:50

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