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Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse present: Dark Night of the Soul

Released: 12/07/2010 EMI
A remarkable collaboration between producer Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous and filmmaker David Lynch, who provides some special artwork and contributes two songs. Sadly, both Linkous and guest Vic Chesnutt have passed away since the album’s recording last year, adding to its already notable weightiness. For more information visit: http://www.dnots.com/ Buy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003IRUF98?ie=UTF8&tag=cultur00-21&linkCode=as2&ca… Watch:
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Drowned In Sound“A great tribute to Mark Linkous's talents...” Often collaborative projects end up being an average of its participants, merging in the middle in a grey mulch. Dark Night of the Soul escapes all of that, Sparklehorse bringing the songwriting genius, and Danger Mouse the production...
 
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MusicOMH“It certainly has its moments...” Linkous' presence can be felt all over this record, and as a final statement, it's got everything that is required: pain, death, beauty, anger, passion and love are all here, just as they should be...
 
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Guardian“It's both comforting and sad to hear the audible fun involved...” It's hard to hear Chesnutt's goofy Grim Augury or writer-producer Linkous stepping into the vocal booth for the sublime Daddy's Gone without mourning the loss of two gigantic talents...
 
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The Independent“Some nights of the soul are obviously darker than others...” Burton acknowledges the common themes here involve "pain, revenge, war [and] twisted dreams", these realisations of those themes are somehow infused with uplifting moments, joyous melodies and the sheer exuberance of creativity...
 
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