Sweet Kind of Blue

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Sweet Kind of Blue
Emily Barker - Sweet Kind of Blue.png
Studio album by
Released19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
Studio Sam Phillips Recording Service, Memphis, Tennessee
Length38:10
Label Everyone Sang
Producer Matt Ross-Spang [1]
Emily Barker chronology
The Toerag Sessions
(2015)
Sweet Kind of Blue
(2017)
Singles from Sweet Kind of Blue
  1. "Sister Goodbye"
    Released: 10 February 2017 [2]
  2. "Sunrise"
    Released: 17 March 2017 [3]
  3. "Change"
    Released: 19 January 2018 [4]
  4. "More!"
    Released: 22 June 2018 [5]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
Gigsoup77% [1]

Sweet Kind of Blue is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Emily Barker. It was released on 19 May 2019 through Everyone Sang Records.

Contents

The album was nominated at the 2018 Americana Music Association for Best Album of the Year. [7]

Track listing

Sweet Kind of Blue track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Kind of Blue"3:36
2."Sister Goodbye"4:08
3."Sunrise"3:41
4."No. 5 Hurricane"4:52
5."If We Forget to Dance"5:07
6."Crazy Life"3:57
7."Over My Shoulder"4:07
8."Change"3:31
9."More!"2:43
10."Underneath the Honey Moon"3:00
Total length:38:10
iTunes deluxe edition [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Kind of Blue"3:36
2."Sister Goodbye"4:08
3."Sunrise"3:41
4."No. 5 Hurricane"4:52
5."If We Forget to Dance"5:07
6."Crazy Life"3:57
7."Over My Shoulder"4:07
8."Change"3:31
9."More!"2:43
10."Underneath the Honey Moon"3:00
11."Precious Memories"2:49
12."Blood Moon"4:50
13."Tomorrow Be Now" (featuring Glen Phillips)2:51
14."Hold On (Don't Let Me See This Night Alone)" (featuring Romeo Stodart)3:49
15."Black and White Video"4:03
16."Sunrise" (extended version)8:00
17."Sister Goodbye" (acoustic)3:38
18."No. 5 Hurricane" (acoustic)4:47
Total length:72:57

Charts

Chart performance of Sweet Kind of Blue
Chart (2017)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 83

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