The Brightness

2007 studio album by Anaïs Mitchell
The Brightness
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2007
Genre
  • Folk
  • indie folk[1]
Length39:34
LabelRighteous Babe Records
ProducerMichael Chorney
Anaïs Mitchell chronology
Hymns for the Exiled
(2004)
The Brightness
(2007)
Country E.P.
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Folkwax(7/10)[3]
PopMatters(6/10)[1]

The Brightness is the third studio album by American folksinger Anaïs Mitchell, released February 13, 2007, on Righteous Babe Records. It was recorded at The Bristmill in Bristol, Vermont and produced by Michael Chorney. In December 2012, the song 'Of a Friday Night' was played as the Weather on episode 12 of Welcome to Night Vale, "The Candidate", but was mislabeled as 'The Brightness'. "Hades and Persephone" was included in Mitchell's musical Hadestown, based on her studio album of the same name and retitled "How Long?"

Track listing

  1. Your Fonder Heart
  2. Of a Friday Night
  3. Namesake
  4. Shenandoah
  5. Changer
  6. Song of the Magi
  7. Santa Fe Dream
  8. Hobo's Lullaby
  9. Old-Fashioned Hat
  10. Hades & Persephone
  11. Out of Pawn

References

  1. ^ a b Review: Anaïs Mitchell - The Brightness by Aarik Danielsen, PopMatters
  2. ^ Review: Anaïs Mitchell - The Brightness by Margaret Reges, Allmusic
  3. ^ "Brightly Experimental" (requires free membership) by Arthur Wood, Folkwax, February 28, 2007
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