Sky at Night (album)

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Sky at Night
File:SkyatNight(I Am Kloot album).jpg
Studio album by I Am Kloot
Released 5 July 2010
Genre Indie pop/rock,[1]
adult alternative pop/rock,[1]
chamber pop[1]
Length 39:26[1]
Label Shepherd Moon / EMI
Producer Guy Garvey and Craig Potter
I Am Kloot chronology
B
(2009)BString Module Error: Match not found		 Sky at Night
(2010)		 Let It All In
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Singles from Sky at Night
  1. "Northern Skies / Lately"
    Released: 2010 (digital download)
  2. "Proof"
    Released: 2010 (digital download)
  3. "Fingerprints"
    Released: 2010 (digital download)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
BBC Music (favourable)[2]
Drowned in Sound 9/10 stars[3]
Crud Music Magazine 5/5 stars[4]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[5]
Uncut 4/5 stars[6]
Daily Music Guide 4/5 stars[7]
London Evening Standard 4/5 stars[8]
Financial Times 4/5 stars[9]
The Press 4/5 stars[10]
MusicOMH 4/5 stars[11]
PopMatters 8/10 stars[12]
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Gigwise.com 3.5/5 stars[13]
The Independent 3/5 stars[14]

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]

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]

Tracklisting

The tracklisting 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:

  • Prabjote Osahn – violin – tracks 1, 2 & 3
  • Stella Page – viola – tracks 1, 2 & 3
  • Margit van der Zwan – cello – tracks 1, 2 & 3
  • Marie Leenhardt – harp – tracks 5 & 6
  • Tony Gilfellon – guitar – track 2
  • Bob Marsh – trumpet – tracks 2 & 10
  • Peter McPhail – saxophone & flute – tracks 4, 9 & 10
  • Colin McLeod – piano – track 10
  • Norman McLeod – pedal steel guitar – track 10

others:

Production and mixing

Artwork

  • Gerald Jenkins – band photography
  • Paul Brownless – design

Singles

title label format,
catalog number		 release date track 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 Moon download[24][25] 6 September 2010[24] [25]
  1. "Proof (Radio Edit)" 2:39
  2. "Proof (Original Demo – 1999)" 2:47
"Fingerprints" Shepherd Moon download[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 Moon download[27] 12 November 2010 on iTunes[27] [27]
  1. "Fingerprints (Radio Edit)" 3:21
  2. "Black & Blue" 2:27

Release history

Country Release date
United Kingdom 5 July 2010[12]
United States 13 July 2010[12]

References

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  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 the artwork of the double LP release (945.a210.010 • pias 210 lp • lc07800)
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  22. ↑ "Northern Skies/Lately Digital Multitrack Single Out Now on iTunes. Only £1.98!", 1 June 2010, I Am Kloot official Facebook profile
  23. ↑ "Northern Skies/Lately Out Now! (...)", 1 June 2010, I Am Kloot official Facebook profile
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