Sun Midnight Sun

Sun Midnight Sun
Studio album by Sara Watkins
Released	May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
Studio	Zeitgeist Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Bluegrass, folk
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Blake Mills
Sara Watkins chronology
Sara Watkins (2009) Sun Midnight Sun (2012) Young in All the Wrong Ways (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Telegraph
The Wrap	Favorable
American Songwriter

Sun Midnight Sun is the second solo album by American singer and fiddle player Sara Watkins. It was released on May 8, 2012, by Nonesuch Records. ^[2] It reached No. 11 on the Billboard Folk Chart and No. 16 on the Heatseekers chart. ^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Foothills" (Sara Watkins, Blake Mills) – 1:22
2. "You and Me" (Sara Watkins) – 3:23
3. "You're the One I Love" (feat. Fiona Apple) (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) - 1:45
4. "When It Pleases You" (Dan Wilson) – 6:50
5. "Be There" (Watkins, Mills) – 3:50
6. "I'm a Memory" (Willie Nelson, arr. Mills) – 3:56
7. "Impossible" (Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Blake Mills) – 3:54
8. "The Ward Accord" (Sara Watkins, Mills) – 3:21
9. "Lock & Key" (Sara Watkins, Jenny Mannan, Mills) – 3:39
10. "Take Up Your Spade" (Sara Watkins) – 3:26

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Folk [3]	11
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers [3]	17

Personnel

• Sara Watkins – lead vocals, fiddle, guitar
• Sean Watkins – harmony vocals, guitar
• Blake Mills – harmony vocals, other instruments

Production

• Blake Mills – producer
• Shawn Everett – recording, mixing, mastering
• Jeri Helden – design
• Aaron Redfield – photography

References

1. "Sun Midnight Sun by Sara Watkins". Metacritic . Retrieved April 8, 2021.
2. "Sun Midnight Sun". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
3. "Sara Watkins- Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2013.