Robin Guthrie; Harold Budd / After The Night Falls
Artist Robin Guthrie; Harold Budd
Album Title: After The Night Falls
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: General Alternative
Format CD
Released 06/11/2007
Label Darla Records
Catalog No DRL182
Bar Code No none
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. How Distant Your Heart (4:03)
2. Avenue of Shapes (3:27)
3. Seven Thousand Sunny Years (6:19)
4. She Is My Strength (2:52)
5. Inside, A Golden Echo (3:24)
6. Open Book (5:17)
7. And Then I Turned Away (3:30)
8. The Girl With Colorful Thoughts (4:26)
9. Turn Off the Sun (4:58)
Date Acquired 02/01/2011
Personal Rating
Acquired from Import_CDs (Amazon)
Purchase Price 11.78

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Analyzed: Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd / After the Night Falls
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10      -8.25 dB   -20.32 dB      4:04 01-How Distant Your Heart
DR11      -8.04 dB   -23.16 dB      3:28 02-Avenue of Shapes
DR11      -7.56 dB   -22.91 dB      6:19 03-Seven Thousand Sunny Years
DR10      -8.93 dB   -22.43 dB      2:53 04-She Is My Strength
DR10      -6.54 dB   -21.20 dB      3:25 05-Inside, a Golden Echo
DR9      -10.13 dB   -22.22 dB      5:17 06-Open Book
DR10     -10.16 dB   -23.91 dB      3:31 07-And Then I Turned Away
DR10     -10.18 dB   -23.35 dB      4:27 08-The Girl With Colorful Thoughts
DR11      -6.31 dB   -20.95 dB      4:59 09-Turn Off the Sun
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Number of tracks:  9
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           508 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Andy Kellman
Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd go back to 1986, specifically The Moon and the Melodies, a collaboration between the Cocteau Twins and the pianist. Guthrie aided Budd on 1988's The White Arcades, and the pair resumed their relationship roughly 16 years later to record the score to Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin. During the spring of 2006, they recorded together again for five days, resulting in the synchronously released After the Night Falls and Before the Day Breaks. Anyone familiar with anything either musician has done together -- or, to a somewhat lesser extent, apart from one another -- won't be surprised by their output here. They shouldn't be left unsatisfied, either, as the instrumental pieces are as gorgeous (yet subdued) and expansive (yet intimate) as imaginable. Though this material could just as easily function as a score, it differs from Mysterious Skin in that it is a little more tangible, like there might've been more effort put into fully engaging the listener. As expected, percussion is almost entirely absent, with the exception of an elusive pulse and some very distant snare rolls.
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