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Silver Skies Blue | ||||
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Studio album by Judy Collins and Ari Hest | ||||
Released | June 3, 2016 | |||
Genre | Folk, Americana | |||
Length | 45:11 | |||
Label | Cleopatra | |||
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Ari Hest chronology | ||||
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Silver Skies Blue is an album by Judy Collins and Ari Hest. It earned them a Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album, Hest's first and Collins' first nomination in 40 years. [1] Of the album's 12 tracks, 8 were co-written by Collins and Hest.
Collins and Hest met backstage at a show, and Hest sang on one song on her 2014 Live In Ireland album, prior to collaborating on Silver Skies Blue. [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Drifting Away" | Judy Collins, Ari Hest | 3:19 |
2. | "I Choose Love" | Collins, Hest | 3:01 |
3. | "Silver Skies Blue" | Collins, Hest | 3:06 |
4. | "The Weight" | Hest | 3:16 |
5. | "Slow Burns" | Collins, Hest | 3:17 |
6. | "Let You In" | Collins, Hest | 3:57 |
7. | "Run" | Collins, Hest | 4:15 |
8. | "Aberdeen" | Hest | 4:38 |
9. | "Elena" | Collins, Hest | 3:33 |
10. | "Secret Harbor" | Collins, Hest, Russel Walden | 4:33 |
11. | "Home Before Dark" | David Buskin, Collins, Dwight W. Batteau Jr. | 3:35 |
12. | "Strangers Again" | Marvin Etzioni, Hest | 4:41 |
Total length: | 45:11 |
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