Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain

by Sparklehorse

Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 September 2006
  • Label: Capitol, Astralwerks
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:05
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Scott Minor, Mark Linkous

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Mark Linkous returned after a long hiatus with this fragile, beautiful album. 'Dreamt for Light Years...' mixes lo-fi ballads with distorted pop songs, aided by Danger Mouse and Tom Waits. It is a surreal, heartbreaking collection of songs.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, fragile, dreamy, experimental, hushed

Tracklist

  1. Don't Take My Sunshine Away (03:05)
  2. Getting It Wrong (02:16)
  3. Shade And Honey (04:08)
  4. See The Light (03:40)
  5. Return To Me (03:18)
  6. Some Sweet Day (04:19)
  7. Ghost In The Sky (03:28)
  8. Mountains (03:42)
  9. Morning Hollow (07:23)
  10. It's Not So Hard (02:52)
  11. Knives Of Summertime (04:19)
  12. Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain (Aka Maxine) (10:35)

Credits

  • Mark Linkous - bass
  • Nick Leebert - design
  • Robert Pokorny - design
  • Scott Minor - drums
  • Alan Weatherhead - engineer [mix]
  • Beau Sorenson - engineer [mix]
  • Danger Mouse - mixed by
  • Timothy Saccenti - photography by [inside]
  • Dave Fridmann - recorded by

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