Blue Days Black Nights

by Freedy Johnston

Overview

The darkest, most understated Freedy Johnston record to date, Blue Days Black Nights is also the singer's most intimate effort, largely rejecting the quirky character studies of prior outings in favor of more plainly personal narratives, and revealing new shades of depth and honesty in the process. Co-producers T-Bone Burnett and Roger Moutenot cloak Johnston's songs in dusky atmospherics which underscore the music's spare beauty -- far removed from the crackling pop flavor of the preceding Never Home or even the shimmering folk of This Perfect World, Blue Days Black Nights possesses a hushed gravity which insinuates itself only over repeated listens. At times the results are overly ponderous, but a handful of tracks -- the opening "Underwater Life" and "Moving on a Holiday" included -- rank among Johnston's finest. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	07/20/1999
Label:	Elektra
UPC:	0075596226325
Rank:	186849

Tracks

1. Underwater Life
2. The Farthest Lights
3. While I Wait for You
4. Pretend It's Summer
5. Changed Your Mind
6. Caught as You Look Away
7. Moving on a Holiday
8. Until the Sun Comes Back Again
9. Depending on the Night
10. Emily

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Freedy Johnston   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Suzzy Roche   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Stefanie Fife   Cello
Doug Petty   Keyboards
Andy Hess   Bass
Mark Spencer   Guitar (Steel)
Roger Moutenot   Piano
Roy Nathanson   Saxophone
Cameron Greider   Guitar,Tack Piano,Vocals (Background)
Jim Keltner   Drums
Richard Pagano   Drums
Robert Thomas   Violin

Technical Credits

Joe Gastwirt   Mastering
Ed Thacker   Mixing
Rod Hui   Engineer
Juan Garcia   Assistant Engineer
Roger Moutenot   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Tony Rambo   Assistant Engineer
Mike Piersante   Mixing
T-Bone Burnett   Mixing,Producer
Steve Rosenthal   Engineer
Freedy Johnston   Composer
Ok Hee Kim   Assistant Engineer
Todd Parker   Assistant Engineer
Bryan Cook   Assistant Engineer
Ken Schles   Photography
Lisa Wagner   Design
Robi Banerji   Assistant Engineer
Suzanne Kapa   Assistant Engineer
Valerie Pack   Production Coordination
Tom Shick   Engineer
Kevin Dean   Assistant Engineer
Kevin Salem   Mixing,Engineer