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Dark Night Of The Soul |  | Artists: Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse
Label: Capitol Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 469
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5099964813622
ASIN: B003O6M3NO
Release Date: July 13, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Revenge (featuring The Flaming Lips) | | • | Just War (featuring Gruf Rhys from Super Furry Animals) | | • | Jaykub (featuring Jason Lytle from Grandaddy) | | • | Little Girl (featuring Julian Casablancas from the Strokes) | | • | Angels Harp (featuring Black Francis from The Pixies) | | • | Pain (featuring Iggy Pop/lyrics by Iggy Pop) | | • | Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It) (featuring David Lynch) | | • | Everytime I'm With You (featuring Jason Lytle from Grandaddy) | | • | Insane Lullaby (featuring James Mercer from the Shins/Broken Bells) | | • | Daddy's Gone (featuring Mark Linkous from Sparklehorse and Nina Persson from The Cardigans) | | • | The Man Who Played God (featuring Suzanne Vega) | | • | Grim Augury (featuring Vic Chestnutt) | | • | Dark Night Of the Soul (featuring David Lynch) |
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Product Description
Dark Night Of The Soul is an album by audio auteur Danger Mouse and the already much-missed Sparklehorse. The record sees the pair joined by the following remarkable roll call of guests: The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Black Francis (The Pixies), Iggy Pop, David Lynch, James Mercer (The Shins/Broken Bells), Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Suzanne Vega and Vic Chesnutt. Rumors of this mysterious collaborative project began to circulate in early 2009 sparking widespread anticipation and excitement. Now, following months of talks, Danger Mouse and EMI are excited and proud to announce that Dark Night Of The Soul will be released worldwide in July. While this beautiful, haunting record being made widely and legitimately available is undoubtedly a cause for celebration, the news is shadowed by sadness following the recent passing of Mark Linkous, who released and performed under the Sparklehorse pseudonym. Dark Night Of The Soul will now stand as a de facto tribute to this well-loved, stunningly talented yet often-overlooked artist. In addition to featuring on two songs, celebrated fi lm director David Lynch has created a series of original photographs for Dark Night Of The Soul adding a spectacular visual dimension that will be incorporated in to the artwork for this already unparalleled project.
Album Description
Dark Night Of The Soul is an album by audio auteur Danger Mouse and the already much-missed Sparklehorse. The record sees the pair joined by the following remarkable roll call of guests: The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Black Francis (The Pixies), Iggy Pop, David Lynch, James Mercer (The Shins/Broken Bells), Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Suzanne Vega and Vic Chesnutt. Rumors of this mysterious collaborative project began to circulate in early 2009 sparking widespread anticipation and excitement. Now, following months of talks, Danger Mouse and EMI are excited and proud to announce that Dark Night Of The Soul will be released worldwide in July. While this beautiful, haunting record being made widely and legitimately available is undoubtedly a cause for celebration, the news is shadowed by sadness following the recent passing of Mark Linkous, who released and performed under the Sparklehorse pseudonym.
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 pop microcosm of existential angst August 22, 2010
Stargrazer (deep in the heart of Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A few other reviewers have astutely observed that each song sounds a bit like the singer's band, i.e. "Just War" sounds like a SFA song, The Julian Casablancas song sounds like the Strokes, The James Mercer song is very Shins-like, etc. I'm not sure if that is a failure or a success of the songwriting (Sparklehorse) and production (Dangermouse) team that gave us Dark Night Of The Soul. However it seems a bit moot considering the way this album made its way to record store shelves: at first tangled in legal hang-ups and threatening to never see release, when it finally did it was overshadowed by Mark Linkous' suicide, and the quiet specter of the recently departed Vic Chestnutt waiting in the wings as well.
These are the last songs we'll be hearing from Linkous, most likely. As such, this is a great legacy he left behind, polished to a pristine dark shine by Dangermouse's studio talents.
There are some immediate standouts, such as the opening cut featuring Wayne Coyne on vocals, a shimmery throwback to Yoshimi/Clouds Taste Metallic-era Lips. Also memorable is Jason Lytle's "Jaykub," which wouldn't sound out of place on his recent solo album. And who would have ever thought David Lynch singing through a vocoder would sound so sublime ("Star Eyes/I Can't Catch It")? Some of the harder rocking numbers miss the shambolic/lo-fi distorto mark of past Sparklehorse burners: The Frank Black song is a little repetitive, the Julian Casablancas song a little slick. But others, like Iggy Pop's yowling dirge "Pain," work on different nerves -- raw, careening, and not taking themselves too serious ("...the shiny people stink"/"I'm a mix of god and monkey"/"etcetera I give up I quit!"/etc.)
This is, essentially, a mind movie. Lynch is the director, perhaps the muse. Linkous wrote the script. And Dangermouse is the cameraman and editor. It's thoughtful, sqeamish, engrossing, and even a little infuriating. The frustration stems from the untimely deaths of some of the participants, and the fact that this whole thing is a long-form meditation on mortality and how awareness of our temporary nature can effect us and even inspire us. It's a dark, often soulful slice of modern pop that dares to tackle unanswerable questions. It works hard to transcend the confines of a mere recording. Does it succeed all the time? Not necessarily, but it strives. And that's life.
An album like this comes around very rarely... Embrace this one August 20, 2010
A. J. Wolfson (New York, NY United States)
There have been so many compilation projects and group projects that have produced such meaningless drivel. DNOTS (Dark Night of the Soul) is a brilliant synthesis of multiple talents. Danger Mouse clearly here bringing his production ear, and helps to bring "Sparklehorse" and the various artists together in a sound that feels real and not synthetically created. Dark and moving, Little Girl (Julian Cassius) and Revenge (Flaming Lips) are infectious. Iggy Pop synergies fantastic.
If this doesn't win a top album for 2010 I will be surprised...
I respect all the comments made by people around the shi_ty way the labels handled this, and if you believe that people coming to Amazon just to buy CDs and not to get good information then you are quite mistaken.
One of the best releases of the year August 6, 2010
Mr. Adel I. Manuel (Milwaukee)
After one listen, I was already thinking wow, this is a good cd. After a few repeated listens, I can't think of a better cd from this year (maybe the Broken Bells release). This is going to be on most top 100 CD lists of 2010. Very good buy. Don't hesitate, it will be one of your favorite cds of the year. I especially liked the Frank Black track. It sounds like what the Pixies would sound like if they still recorded.
 Mixed results July 22, 2010
Pen Name?
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well, at least this record is officially out now. I was excited by the concept last year and interested to hear collaborations with some of the artists here. However several of my least favorite male vocalists around turn up to start the record, which is a let down... in fact I don't like most of the male vocalists picked here. I'd have much preferred Mark Linkous' voice on these tracks. I liked Mark's voice. It would have made these songs a bit more interesting.
My favorite track here is the one with Suzanne Vega ("The Man Who Played God"). I like that song and her selection as vocalist really works well. But this is the only track on here that I listen to in rotation with my favorites from all the previous Sparklehorse records. It's also the only song where the music really sounds like it is Sparklehorse to me.
Most of the rest of the record doesn't hold up for me. I like aspects of Julian Casablancas' entry and I like his work, but the song also drags along after a while. Frank Black Francis' track is interesting, though not something that would be a highlight. And well, Iggy Pop's track mostly seems like a bad joke here. Mostly these are nowhere near Mark's best songs. Furthermore the production is much too light usually. Danger Mouse's work with Mark on Dreamt for Light Years... turned out some brilliant stuff. It seemed like a real winning collaboration. But these songs don't reach that level.
It's too bad there won't be another one, though.
Dark was the night! July 19, 2010
Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous sadly passed away in March this year. This album, "Dark night of the soul", was actually intended for release summer 2009 but was withheld till now thanks to record company issues, somewhat reminiscent of Producer Danger Mouse's issues with his "The Grey Album" Beatles/Jay-Z mashup.
Thankfully that's all behind now and so we get to listen to Linkous' and Danger Mouse's masterpiece. Featuring a plethora of singers (who also lend their songwriting skills), the collection manages to sound cohesive while still exploring different facets of sound.
Most of the songs are floaty and psychedelic with dark lyrics; "Revenge" with Wayne Coyne ("No you can't hide what you intend, it glows in the dark / Once we become the thing we dread, there's no way to stop." sings Coyne in a breaking voice), "Just war" with Gruff Rhys, the Beatles-esque "Jaykub" and "Everytime I'm with you" both with Jason Lytle, the trippy lullaby-like "Stars Eyes (I can catch it)" and the fuzzy "Insane lullaby" both with James Mercer, the Alt-Country "Daddy's gone" and "The man who played God" both with Nina Persson, the haunting and absolutely beautiful "Grain augury" and the distorted Alt-Country title track, both with Vic Chesnutt.
Raising the tempo are the sunny jangly "Little girl" with Julian Casablancas (sounding like something by Gnarls Barkley with snarling and buzzing guitars and a soulful croon), the crunchy Bluesy "Angel's harp" with Black Francis, and the pulsing absolutely charming "Pain" with a Bowie-esque Iggy Pop (singing "There are good people in this world of bums, but sadly I am not one") and lovely swirling keys.
Everything is an absolute gem really, and I'm hard pressed to pick a favourite. A fitting epitaph.
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