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
Review scores
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BBC Music (favourable) [2]
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MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
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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 [2] and was released on 5 July 2010. [15] Since 2 July 2010, the whole album has been streamed for free on the guardian.co.uk website. [16]

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. [17]

Track listing

The track listing for the album is as follows: [18]

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". [19] 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: [18]

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 [20] [21] 30 May 2010 on iTunes [21] /
1 June 2010 [20] [22] [23] 		[21]
  1. "Northern Skies" 4:05
  2. "Lately" 3:56
"Proof"Shepherd Moondownload [24] [25] 6 September 2010 [24] [25]
  1. "Proof (Radio Edit)" 2:39
  2. "Proof (Original Demo – 1999)" 2:47
"Fingerprints"Shepherd Moondownload [26] 5 November 2010 on iTunes [26] [26]
  1. "Fingerprints (Radio Edit)" 3:21
  2. "Fingerprints (Album Version)" 4:36
  3. "Fingerprints (Instrumental)" 4:35
Shepherd Moondownload [27] 12 November 2010 on iTunes [27] [27]
  1. "Fingerprints (Radio Edit)" 3:21
  2. "Black & Blue" 2:27

Release history

CountryRelease date
United Kingdom5 July 2010 [12]
United States13 July 2010 [12]

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