Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of The Soul (VBR)

I found this online; I Did some critical listening and this is higher quality than the 160 or 128 versions around.



Artist: Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse

Title: Dark Night Of The Soul

Label: EMi

Genre: Indie

Bitrate: 209kbit av.

Time: 00:45:44

Size: 71.95 mb

Rip Date: 2009-05-23

Str Date: 2009-00-00



01. Revenge (Ft. Flaming Lips) 4:53

02. Just War (Ft. Gruff Rhys) 3:43

03. Jaykub (Ft. Jason Lytle) 3:52

04. Little Girl (Ft. Julian Casablancas) 4:32

05. Angel's Harp (Ft. Black Francis) 2:56

06. Pain (Ft. Iggy Pop) 2:51

07. Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It) (David Lynch) 3:10

08. Everytime I'm With You (Ft. Jason Lytle) 3:11

09. Insane Lullaby (Ft. James Mercer) 3:09

10. Daddy's Gone (Ft. Nina Persson) 3:08

11. The Man Who Played God (Ft. Suzanne Vega) 3:10

12. Grim Augury (Ft. Vic Chesnutt) 2:31

13. Dark Night Of The Soul (Ft. David Lynch) 4:38



Release Notes:



Dark Night of the Soul a project headed up by Danger Mouse,

Sparklehorse and David Lynch that features contributions from the

Shins' James Mercer, Black Francis, the Strokes' Julian Casablancas,

the Flaming Lips and Iggy Pop, as well as a 100+ book of Lynch's

photographs - is on sale now at DNotS.com. However, in a weird twist,

instead of getting music with the set, buyers instead will receive a

blank CD-R. (Buy the set and burn this rip onto it!)



'All copies will be clearly labeled: 'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R

contains no music. Use it as you will,' - a spokesperson for Danger

Mouse said. 'Due to an ongoing dispute with EMI, Danger Mouse is unable

to release the recorded music for Dark Night Of The Soul without fear

of being sued by EMI.'



The disagreement between Danger Mouse and EMI likely roots back to the

Jay-Z/Beatles mash-up The Grey Album he made in 2004. The brilliant

combination of The White Album with The Black Album catapulted DM (real

name Brian Burton) from bedroom producer to international star, but it

came with a price: it infuriated the massive label group, which

controls the rights to the Beatles' recordings.



Sparklehorse are under contract with EMI, and Danger Mouse produced

albums like Gorillaz's Demon Days and the Good, the Bad and the Queen's

self-titled debut for labels under the EMI umbrella, so it's unclear

why the lawsuit would trouble the release now. 'Danger Mouse remains

hugely proud of Dark Night Of The Soul and hopes that people lucky

enough to hear the music, by whatever means, are as excited by it as he

is,' the spokesperson said. The album has actually leaked. (Here it

is!)



Thought this stunning album deserved a track by track review.



"Revenge" featuring The Flaming Lips

A classic Linkous keyboard lurch blended with Coyne's echo-laden coo

produces a mid-paced slice of modern Americana that sits well among The

Lips' or 'horse's best work.



"Just War" featuring Gruff Rhys

Sprightly guitar plings and oompah bass throbs reminiscent of 'Rings

Around The World'-era SFA make this anti-war ditty - the song that

first kicked off the project ¼ one of the poppiest moments on the

album.



"Jaykub" featuring Jason Lytle

A tender yet sweeping affair built from a bed of acoustic guitars.

Featuring ex-Grandaddy man Lytle, it shares several sun-kissed

hallmarks with his former group.



"Little Girl" featuring Julian Casablancas

The electric guitar lines - played by the singer - that run through

this entire song could have floated straight off a Strokes effort. The

wirey solos cut tellingly cuts against Cassablancas' endearingly moody

vocal. Following his warm vocal on 'My Drive Thru' last year, these

glimpses of The Strokes frontman in action hint at a slightly more

soulful approach for his band's fourth effort.



"Angel's Harp" featuring Black Francis

DM and Linkous' tactic of matching songs to singers continues with this

anvil-heavy, Nirvana-esque grunge song, complete with bucking, dirty

riffs and Pixies drum-rattles.



"Pain" featuring Iggy Pop

A noir, moody but hammering train-paced song provide the perfect

atmosphere for Iggy's wails about 'bad brains' being a 'mix of God and

monkey' on one of the darkest - but still most danceable - moments of

the album.



"Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It)" featuring David Lynch

Director Lynch offers bluesy vocals over a swamp of electronic gurgles

in a soft, understated tone. One of the album's more atmospheric and

sparsely structured songs.



"Everytime I'm With You" featuring Jason Lytle

Boasting a heady, drunken swagger, Lytle's vocals obsesses with getting

'trashed' and 'fucked up' every time he hooks up with his partner. Has

one of the album's catchiest choruses too.



"Insane Lullaby" featuring James Mercer

With the melody caked in electronic babbling and lyrics about androids,

the Shins frontman conjures the feel of a malfunctioning computer amid

this glockenspiel and strings adorned epic.



"Daddy's Gone" featuring Nina Persson

Sadly not a cover of Glasvegas' hit, but a mid-paced acoustic-based

country-ish number that's as sunny as a Nashville summer.



"The Man Who Played God" featuring Suzanne Vega

One of the most conventionally structured songs on the album,

country-ish guitars lilt against Vega's impressive,

breathy-but-powerful vocals.



"Grim Augury" featuring Vic Chesnutt

With a Addams Family spookyfeel 'Grim Augury'sees the American

maverick singing cutting out babies, knives and things 'wriggling in

gore' over vampiric organ and drum stick clicks. Unsettlingly

intriguing.



"Dark Night Of The Soul" featuring David Lynch

Lynch's second vocal appearance is a more surreal affair with scratchy

pianos and a constant whir that gives the impression it's being spun

out through an old projector. Provides the album with its title.