The Braille Night

Last updated
The Braille Night
Ida's The Braille Night album cover.png
Studio album by
Ida
ReleasedJune 5, 2001
RecordedWinter 1998 – Winter 2000
Genre Indie rock, Indie folk, Baroque pop, Acoustic, Dream pop
Label Tiger Style Records
Producer Warn Defever, Trina Shoemaker, Ida
Ida chronology
Will You Find Me
(2000)
The Braille Night
(2001)
Heart Like a River
(2005)

The Braille Night is the fifth studio album by American indie rock duo Ida, released in 2001 on Tiger Style Records.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Metro Times (favorable) [2]
Pitchfork Media (5.0/10) [3]

Track listing

  1. "Let's Go Walking" (D. Littleton/Mitchell/Schickele/M. Littleton) – 3:59
  2. "Ignatia Amara" (Littleton) – 2:44
  3. "Arrowheads" (Karla Schickele) – 3:57
  4. "So Long" (Littleton/Fisher) – 5:46
  5. "Blizzard of '78" (Littleton) – 7:19
  6. "So Worn Out" (Littleton) – 2:33
  7. "The Braille Night" (Pearle/Littleton) – 2:04
  8. "Gladiolas" (Mitchell/Littleton) – 5:44
  9. "Ocean of Glass" (Littleton) – 4:05
  10. "Moves Through the Air" (Littleton) – 9:13

Personnel

Musicians
Technical Personnel
Graphics

Related Research Articles

<i>Cmon, Cmon</i> 2002 studio album by Sheryl Crow

C'mon, C'mon is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on April 8, 2002 in the United Kingdom and April 16, 2002 in the United States. Lead single "Soak Up the Sun" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of her biggest hits since "All I Wanna Do". The album was arguably her most pop-influenced to date, a big departure from the folk and experimental influences on her previous release, The Globe Sessions.

<i>The Wind</i> (Warren Zevon album) 2003 studio album by Warren Zevon

The Wind is the twelfth and final studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on August 26, 2003, by Artemis Records. Zevon began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma, and it was released just two weeks before his death on September 7, 2003. The album was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Disorder in the House", performed by Zevon and Bruce Springsteen, won Best Rock Vocal Performance. Songs from the album were nominated for an additional three Grammys.

Ida is an indie rock band from New York City. They are known for their three-part harmonies; sparse, minimal, often quiet arrangements; and their three singer-songwriters. Their music shows strong folk, pop, punk, world, R&B, and American roots music influences, but there are also avant garde and experimental aspects to their sound.

Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song) 1956 single by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers

"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" is a song by New York City-based rock and roll group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, No. 6 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in July.

<i>Missing Links</i> (album) 1987 compilation album by the Monkees

Missing Links is a compilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records in 1987. It is the first volume of a three-volume set, followed by Missing Links Volume Two in 1990 and Missing Links Volume Three in 1996.

<i>The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972</i> 2009 box set by Neil Young

The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 is a 10 DVD/Blu-Ray box set by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released on June 2, 2009 and designed by Gary Burden. Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 followed in 2020, covering 1972 to 1976.

Millard Powers

Avery Millard Powers III is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and Grammy-nominated recording engineer. While a student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the 1980s, he collaborated with fellow student Ben Folds and with Alabama-based singer-songwriter Owsley, both of which he continued to work with as a musician and as a producer for the next several decades. Since 2005 he has played bass guitar in the band Counting Crows.

<i>Trampoline</i> (The Mavericks album) 1998 studio album by The Mavericks

Trampoline is the fifth studio album by the American country music band The Mavericks. The album was released on March 10, 1998, by MCA Nashville. It includes the singles "To Be with You", "Dance the Night Away" and "I've Got This Feeling". Although none of these singles were Top 40 hits on the U.S. country charts, "Dance the Night Away" reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart and "I've Got This Feeling" reached #27.

<i>Will You Find Me</i> 2000 studio album by Ida

Will You Find Me is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Ida, released in 2000 on Tiger Style Records.

<i>Lovers Prayers</i> 2008 studio album by Ida

Lovers Prayers is the seventh and most recent studio album by American indie rock band Ida, released in 2008 on Tiger Style Records. It has been reviewed by Allmusic, Pitchfork, Magnet Magazine, and PopMatters. Band members Mitchell and Littleton performed songs from the album on the NPR newsmagazine show The Bryant Park Project.

<i>Ten Small Paces</i> 1997 studio album by Ida

Ten Small Paces is the third studio album by American indie rock duo Ida, released in 1997 on Simple Machines Records.

<i>Heart Like a River</i> 2005 studio album by Ida

Heart Like a River is the 6th studio album by American indie rock duo Ida, released in 2005 on Polyvinyl Records.

<i>I Know About You</i> 1996 studio album by Ida

I Know About You is the second studio album by American indie rock duo Ida, released in 1996 on Simple Machines Records.

<i>My Fair, My Dark</i> 2008 EP by Ida

My Fair, My Dark is Ida's second EP, released in 2008 on Polyvinyl Records. It features two original songs, a live version of "Late Blues", and four covers. Guest musicians include The Band's Levon Helm, Peter Schickele, Michael Hurley, and Tara Jane O'Neil. My Fair, My Dark's eponymous lead song was first issued on the CD accompanying the 2005 music issue of The Believer magazine.

<i>Hits Alive</i> 2010 compilation album / Live Album by Brad Paisley

Hits Alive is the title of a greatest-hits album package released by American country music artist Brad Paisley. This album contains two CDs of a collection of Paisley's greatest hits spanning his entire career. The first disc contains studio versions, and the second disc contains live versions. It was released on November 2, 2010, on Arista Nashville. It sold 31,000 copies in its first week. As of the chart dated April 16, 2011, the album has sold 235,881 copies in the US.

Ben Brodin is a musician, engineer and producer from Omaha, Nebraska. He is a member of several bands, including Mal Madrigal, McCarthy Trenching, Our Fox and The Mynabirds, and has performed both live and in the studio with artists such as Conor Oberst and First Aid Kit. Brodin is a multi-instrumentalist. He currently fronts the band Before the Toast and Tea and is a recording engineer at ARC Studios, formerly Presto! Recording Studios. Before the Toast and Tea's debut album, Methods Of The Mad, is carried by Saddle Creek Records webstore.

<i>Memphis</i> (Boz Scaggs album) 2013 studio album by Boz Scaggs

Memphis is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Boz Scaggs. It was Scaggs's first solo release since 2008's Speak Low. The album was released on March 5, 2013, by 429 Records. The album has debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 17, and has sold 90,000 copies in the US as of March 2015.

Bruce Witkin is a music producer and musician.

<i>Tightrope Walker</i> (album) 2016 studio album by Rachael Yamagata

Tightrope Walker is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata. It was released on September 23, 2016 via Frankenfish Records in North America. The singles for the album are "Nobody", "Over", and "Let Me Be Your Girl".

Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 is a 10-CD box set from American-Canadian folk rock musician Neil Young that was initially released in a limited deluxe box set on November 20, 2020. The release is the second box set in his Neil Young Archives series, following 2009's The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972, and covers a three-and-a-half-year period from 1972–1976. The track list was officially announced on the Neil Young Archives site on September 20, 2020, with the first single, "Come Along and Say You Will", being posted to the site as the Song of the Day on October 14. The set then went up for pre-order on October 16, 2020 as an exclusive release to his online store, with only 3,000 copies being initially made available worldwide. After selling out the following day, Young announced several weeks later that a general retail version, as well as a second pressing of the deluxe box set, is expected to be released to market on March 5th, 2021. This was followed by the release of a second single, "Homefires", on October 21, and a third, an alternate version of "Powderfinger", on November 3.

References

  1. Cramer, Stephen. "The Braille Night - Ida". Allmusic . Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. Gianinni, Melissa (25 July 2001). "Moondance". Metro Times . Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  3. Rockermann, Kristin Sage (25 September 2001). "Ida: The Braille Night". Pitchfork . Retrieved 8 December 2011.