Sky at Night (album)

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Sky at Night
SkyatNight(I Am Kloot album).jpg
Studio album by
I Am Kloot
Released5 July 2010
Length39:26 [1]
Label Shepherd Moon / EMI
Producer Guy Garvey and Craig Potter
I Am Kloot chronology
B
(2009)		Sky at Night
(2010)		 Let It All In
(2013)
Singles from Sky at Night
  1. "Northern Skies / Lately"
    Released: 2010
  2. "Proof"
    Released: 2010
  3. "Fingerprints"
    Released: 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [3]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Sky at Night is the fifth studio album by English rock band I Am Kloot. The album was produced by Guy Garvey and Craig Potter of the band Elbow [12] and was released on 5 July 2010. [13] Since 2 July 2010, the whole album has been streamed for free on the guardian.co.uk website. [14]

Contents

On 20 July 2010, the album made the shortlist for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize. On 15 November 2010, it was announced that Sky at Night has received the German Record Critics' Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik) in the "Pop and Rock" category. [15]

Track listing

The track listing for the album is as follows: [16]

1."Northern Skies"4:04
2."To the Brink"4:18
3."Fingerprints"4:33
4."Lately"3:56
5."I Still Do"3:02
6."The Moon Is a Blind Eye"4:07
7."Proof"2:51
  a new version of "Proof" from the album I Am Kloot
8."It's Just the Night"3:00
9."Radiation"6:11
10."Same Shoes"3:20

All songs written by John Bramwell. The line "we've got all the bullets, but there's no-one left to shoot" comes from "Oblivious" – a song by Aztec Camera.

The Japanese edition of Sky at Night includes additional track (#11) called "Black & Blue". [17] The original version of this song appeared on You, Me and the Alarm Clock (1990) – a solo album by John Bramwell, then known as Johnny Dangerously.

Personnel

source: [16]

Instruments

I Am Kloot:

additional musicians:

others:

Production and mixing

Artwork

Singles

titlelabelformat,
catalog number		release datetrack listing
"Northern Skies" / "Lately"
(double A-side)		Shepherd Moon download [18] [19] 30 May 2010 on iTunes [19] /
1 June 2010 [18] [20] [21] 		[19]
  1. "Northern Skies" 4:05
  2. "Lately" 3:56
"Proof"Shepherd Moondownload [22] [23] 6 September 2010 [22] [23]
  1. "Proof (Radio Edit)" 2:39
  2. "Proof (Original Demo – 1999)" 2:47
"Fingerprints"Shepherd Moondownload [24] 5 November 2010 on iTunes [24] [24]
  1. "Fingerprints (Radio Edit)" 3:21
  2. "Fingerprints (Album Version)" 4:36
  3. "Fingerprints (Instrumental)" 4:35
Shepherd Moondownload [25] 12 November 2010 on iTunes [25] [25]
  1. "Fingerprints (Radio Edit)" 3:21
  2. "Black & Blue" 2:27

Release history

CountryRelease date
United Kingdom5 July 2010 [9]
United States13 July 2010 [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Monger, James Christopher. "Sky At Night - I Am Kloot". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ "Reviews for Sky at Night by I Am Kloot". Metacritic . Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Lavery, Aaron (2 July 2010). "I Am Kloot: Sky at Night". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Clark, Pete (2 July 2010). "Cds of the week. I Am Kloot: Sky At Night". Evening Standard . Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  5. ↑ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (3 July 2010). "I Am Kloot: Sky at Night" . Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  6. ↑ Simpson, Dave (9 December 2010). "I Am Kloot: Sky at Night". The albums we missed. guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Gill, Andy (2 July 2010). "Album: I Am Kloot, Sky at Night (Shepherd Moon)". The Independent . Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  8. ↑ Murphy, John (5 July 2010). "I Am Kloot – Sky At Night". MusicOMH . Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 Elliott, Richard (20 July 2010). "I Am Kloot: Sky at Night". PopMatters . Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  10. ↑ The intimacy of John Bramwell's writing is carefully preserved and the trio's abundant charm still lies in a simple melodic grace and spiky romanticisms of lines. [Aug 2010, p.120]
  11. ↑ Thomson, Graeme. "I Am Kloot: Sky at Night". Uncut . August 2010 (Take 159). IPC Media: 82. ISSN   1368-0722.
  12. ↑ Aston, Martin (30 June 2010). "I Am Kloot Sky at Night Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  13. ↑ "I Am Kloot: Sky At Night [Includes Exclusive Artwork Print Signed By The Band]". Townsend Records. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  14. ↑ Simpson, Dave (2 July 2010). "Exclusive: Listen to I Am Kloot's Sky at Night". guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  15. ↑ "Bestenliste 4-2010" (in German). Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik e.V. 15 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  16. 1 2 the artwork of the double LP release (945.a210.010 • pias 210 lp • lc07800)
  17. ↑ "I Am Kloot / Sky At Night". listen.jp. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
  18. 1 2 "Northern Skies/Lately Out Now - I Am Kloot". IAK EMAIL LIST - Archive. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  19. 1 2 3 "Northern Skies / Lately - Single by I Am Kloot". itunes.apple.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  20. ↑ "Northern Skies/Lately Digital Multitrack Single Out Now on iTunes. Only £1.98!", 1 June 2010, I Am Kloot official Facebook profile
  21. ↑ "Northern Skies/Lately Out Now! (...)", 1 June 2010, I Am Kloot official Facebook profile
  22. 1 2 "I Am Kloot - September Update". IAK EMAIL LIST - Archive. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  23. 1 2 "Proof - Single by I Am Kloot". itunes.apple.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  24. 1 2 3 "Fingerprints - EP by I Am Kloot". itunes.apple.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  25. 1 2 3 "Fingerprints - Single by I Am Kloot". itunes.apple.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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