The Charity of Night

by Bruce Cockburn

The Charity of Night cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1997
  • Label: True North
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 1:07:30
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The veteran Canadian songwriter's twenty-first studio album is a masterful, deeply atmospheric collection of contemporary folk. Bolstered by jazz-inflected instrumentation and his intricate guitar fingerpicking, the record features profound, highly poetic meditations on spirituality, global politics, and aging.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, folk, acoustic, storytelling, political, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Night Train (6:16)
  2. Get Up Jonah (5:03)
  3. Pacing The Cage (4:40)
  4. Mistress Of Storms (6:11)
  5. The Whole Night Sky (3:54)
  6. The Coming Rains (4:48)
  7. Birmingham Shadows (9:40)
  8. The Mines Of Mozambique (6:14)
  9. Live On My Mind (6:46)
  10. The Charity Of Night (8:05)
  11. Strange Waters (5:49)

Credits

  • Jonatha Brooke - backing vocals, harmony vocals, backing vocals, arranged by
  • Patty Larkin - backing vocals, harmony vocals [verse 4]
  • Rob Wasserman - bass
  • Gary Craig - drums, percussion, drums, tambourine
  • Ani DiFranco - backing vocals
  • Gary Burton - vibraphone [vibes]
  • Janice Powers - keyboards, keyboards [low, wiggly keyboard], keyboards [mongolian keyboard thing]
  • Joseph Macerollo - accordion

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