Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation

This heavenly compilation will be released Tuesday February 17th, 2009.

British Indie Label 4AD have had this in the works for quite a while. They are putting out this compilation in congruence with The Red Hot Organization which benefits AIDS research.

The day they chose to announce the artists who would be performing on the double disc, as well as the release date, was December 1st, which is World AIDS Day. In honor of that day, the lengthy list of gifted artists who would be recording new songs, covering some classics, and collaberating together on some new tracks as well, was announced to the world.

The release date of February 17th, which was announced on December 1st, World AIDS Day, is rapidly approaching. This Tuesday we will all be lucky enough to listen to one of the most incredible assembly of musical geniuses who have come together to create new music for the sake of finding a way to end to one of the greatest plagues of that past 30 years.

Every single person should purchase this double disc compilation. I realize in today's world that one is able to obtain anything for free from the internet. In fact, I have just downloaded the compilation because it does not come out until Tuesday, and if I have the chance to listen to it on the Sunday before it comes out, I will most certainly do so. I have not listened to it yet, hence the title "Preview Before the Review", but am extremely excited to listen to it tonight & over the next couple of days.

If I enjoy it, which I have no idea how I could possibly even remotely dislike it, I will purchase it on Tuesday upon its release in order to join this wonderful cause of musical creativity for the growth of AIDS Research.

Here you have it folks! The full tracklist of artists and songs created solely for this purpose, which is in my opinion one of the greatest collections of genius artists on one compilation in history.

Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation (4AD)

Various Artists

Disc 1

01. Knotty Pine (Dirty Projectors and David Byrne)
02. Cello Song (The Books and José González) [orig. Nick Drake]
03. Train Song (Feist and Ben Gibbard) [orig. Vashti Bunyan ]
04. Brackett, WI (Bon Iver)
05. Deep Blue Sea (Grizzly Bear)
06. So Far Around The Bend (The National and Nico Muhly)
07. Tightrope (Yeasayer)
08. Feeling Good (My Brightest Diamond)
09. Dark Was The Night (Kronos Quartet) [orig. Blind Willie Johnson]
10. I Was Young When I Left Home (Antony and Bryce Dessner) [orig. Bob Dylan]
11. Big Red Machine (Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner)
12. Sleepless (The Decemberists)
13. Stolen Houses (Die) (Iron & Wine)
14. Service Bell (Grizzly Bear and Feist)
15. You Are The Blood (Sufjan Stevens)

Disc 2

01. Well-Alright (Spoon)
02. Lenin (Arcade Fire)
03. Mimizan (Beirut)
04. El Caporal (My Morning Jacket)
05. Inspiration Information (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings) [orig. Shuggie Otis]
06. With A Girl Like You (Dave Sitek) [orig. The Troggs]
07. Blood Pt 2 (Buck 65, Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti) [orig. The Castanets]
08. Hey, Snow White (The New Pornographers) [orig. Destroyer]
09. Gentle Hour (Yo La Tengo) [orig. Snapper]
10. Another Saturday (Stuart Murdoch)
11. Happiness (Riceboy Sleeps)
12. Amazing Grace (Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues)
13. The Giant of Illinois (Andrew Bird) [orig. Handsome Family]
14. Lua (Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch)
15. When The Road Runs Out (Blonde Redhead and Devastations)
16. Love vs. Porn (Kevin Drew)