Where Did the Night Fall

2010 studio album by Unkle
Where Did the Night Fall
Studio album by
Unkle
Released10 May 2010 (2010-05-10)
11 April 2011 (2011-04-11) (Another Night Out edition)
Recorded2009–2010
GenreElectronic
Length57:15
LabelSurrender All
Unkle chronology
End Titles... Stories for Film
(2008) 		Where Did the Night Fall
(2010) 		The Road: Part 1
(2017)
Singles from Where Did the Night Fall
  1. "Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix)"
    Released: 16 August 2009
  2. "Natural Selection"
    Released: 28 March 2010
  3. "Follow Me Down"
    Released: 13 June 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press[3]
Clash7/10[4]
Drowned in Sound7/10[5]
Mojo[6]
NME[7]
Pitchfork5.9/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
URB[11]

Where Did the Night Fall is the fourth studio album from British electronic music act Unkle, released on 10 May 2010 (2010-05-10).[12]

Background

As a documentation of the work on the album, on 13 April 2009, James Lavelle, Unkle's mastermind, started an official "UNKLE Blog". According to the first post, Lavelle started to work in studio in January 2009 with Pablo Clements, James Griffith, Joel Cadbury, Gavin Clark, Matt Pierce and Mike Lowry.[13]

Promotion

On 16 August 2009 (2009-08-16) a single, "Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix)", was made available digitally via Beatport and iTunes. On 27 December 2009 (2009-12-27) the download was followed by a remix EP with remixes by King Unique, Steve Mac and Future Beat Alliance.[14]

On 11 February 2010 (2010-02-11) a song, "Natural Selection", appeared as a streaming on Spin magazine's website,[15] and was later made available to download as a 320 kbit/s MP3 file, via UNKLE's official website. Beginning on 31 March, a Warm Digits remix of "Natural Selection" was made available for download to customers who had pre-ordered "Where Did the Night Fall" on UNKLE's online store.[16]

Available on the UNKLE website was a 2 disc limited edition of the album, which included a second disc containing instrumental versions of all the songs.

Where Did the Night Fall – Another Night Out

On 9 February 2011, UNKLE revealed that Where Did the Night Fall would be re-released as Where Did the Night Fall – Another Night Out. The first disc will contain the same songs that are on the original album but the second disc contains material from two of UNKLE's previous EPs, plus a number of exclusive and rare tracks. It was released on 11 April 2011.

The standard edition comes packaged as a double jewel case with a 16-page booklet. The limited edition comes in a gold outer slipcase featuring a fully re-worked 16-page board book and 32-page booklet with new exclusive shots from the original photo shoot with Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.

Track listing

Standard

  1. "Nowhere" – 0:40
  2. "Follow Me Down" (featuring Sleepy Sun) – 4:23
  3. "Natural Selection" (featuring The Black Angels) – 4:10
  4. "Joy Factory" (featuring Autolux) – 3:59
  5. "The Answer" (featuring Big in Japan) – 4:40
  6. "On a Wire" (featuring ELLE J) – 4:52
  7. "Falling Stars" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 5:48
  8. "Heavy Drug" – 1:13
  9. "Caged Bird" (featuring Katrina Ford of Celebration) – 5:08
  10. "Ablivion" – 4:29
  11. "The Runaway" (featuring ELLE J) – 3:45
  12. "Ever Rest" (featuring Joel Cadbury of South) – 4:21
  13. "The Healing" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 4:27
  14. "Another Night Out" (featuring Mark Lanegan) – 5:12
  15. "Close Your Eyes" (featuring ELLE J) – 5:25 (available on the Australian edition)

Limited edition

  1. "Nowhere (Instrumental)" – 4:10
  2. "Follow Me Down (Instrumental)" – 4:23
  3. "Natural Selection (Instrumental)" – 4:10
  4. "Joy Factory (Instrumental)" – 3:59
  5. "The Answer (Instrumental)" – 4:40
  6. "On a Wire (Instrumental)" – 4:52
  7. "Falling Stars (Instrumental)" – 5:48
  8. "Heavy Drug (Instrumental)" – 4:24
  9. "Caged Bird (Instrumental)" – 5:08
  10. "Ablivion (Instrumental)" – 4:29
  11. "The Runaway (Instrumental)" – 3:45
  12. "Ever Rest (Instrumental)" – 4:21
  13. "The Healing (Instrumental)" – 4:27
  14. "Another Night Out (Instrumental)" – 5:12

Another Night Out

  1. "Somewhere" – 1:12
  2. "In My Mind" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 4:44
  3. "Money and Run" (featuring Nick Cave) – 5:16
  4. "The Dog Is Black" (featuring Liela Moss) – 5:03
  5. "Only the Lonely" (Over Dub) – 4:27
  6. "Wash the Love Away" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 5:12
  7. "Sunday Song" (featuring Rachel Fannan) – 6:46
  8. "With You in My Head" (featuring The Black Angels) – 5:11
  9. "Country Tune" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 5:16
  10. "Not a Sound" – 5:15
  11. "When the Lights Go Out/We Own the Night" – 5:36
  12. "Every Single Prayer" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 5:13
  13. "Forever" (featuring Ian Astbury) – 4:26 (Available on the Australian and Japanese Edition)

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[17]

Unkle

  • James Lavelle – art direction, editing, backing vocals
  • Pablo Clements – drum engineering, editing, engineering, keyboards, programming, synthesizer, vocal engineering

Featured artists

  • Aidan Lavelle – additional production, engineering, keyboards, mixing production, piano, programming, synthesizer
  • Penny Ainscow – violin
  • Sam Aylward – violin
  • Chris Goss – associate producer, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Dave Bateman – additional production, bass, engineering, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Sam Bell – drum programming
  • Joshua Blanchard – vocal engineering
  • Christian Bland – organ
  • Joshua Block – drums
  • Freddie Bols – trumpet
  • Jules Buckley – orchestral arrangements, string arrangements
  • Joel Cadbury – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, vocals, backing vocals
  • Gavin Clark – vocals, backing vocals
  • Nozomi Cohen – viola
  • Nicki Davenport – Double bass
  • Elle. J – vocals, backing vocals
  • Katrina Ford – vocals
  • Graham Fox – drums
  • Mark Grainger – tuba
  • James Griffith – additional production, bass, engineering, guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Alan Hardiman – trombone
  • Steven Haynes – trombone
  • Heritage Orchestra – brass, orchestral arrangements, orchestra production, string arrangements, strings
  • Laura Holt – viola
  • Sam Jacobs – French horn
  • Simon James – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Nat Jones – violin
  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Jennymay Logan – violin
  • Michael Lowry – drums, backing vocals
  • Alex Maas – vocals
  • Kit Massey – violin
  • Andrew McCormack – string arrangements
  • Mike Pelanconi – drum engineering
  • Matthew Pierce – Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
  • Ruston Pomeroy – violin
  • Rhian Porter – cello
  • Tom Richards – orchestral arrangements
  • Ben Trigg – cello
  • Rachel Williams – vocals
  • Mark Wood – French Horn
  • Steven Young – bass
  • Tim Young – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals

Autolux

  • Carla Azar – drums, engineering, percussion, vocals
  • Eugene Goreshter – bass
  • Greg Edwards – bass, engineering, omnichord, vocals

Sleepy Sun

  • Brian Tice – drums

Production

  • Joseph Bennett – set design
  • Zowie Broach – costume design
  • Steve "Dub" Jones – mixing
  • Danielle Epworth – make-Up assistant
  • Warren Du Preez – art direction, photography
  • Kiera Gormley – model
  • Dan Goudie – Pro-Tools, vocal engineer
  • Leonie Edwards Jones – producer
  • Jerome Hunt – assistant photographer
  • Kyle Hunt – vocal engineer
  • Soichi Inagaki – assistant hair stylist
  • Brian Kirkby – costume design
  • Nick Thornton Jones – art direction, photography
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Alex Box – make-up
  • Sebastian Lewsley – engineer, vocal engineer
  • Maike Ludenbach – model
  • Rob Riley – engineer
  • Raphael Salley – hair stylist
  • Lindsey Thurlow – producer
  • Ameena Kara Callender – assistant hair stylist
  • Ben Drury – art direction, design, lettering
  • Steve Wright – engineer
  • Eric Weaver – vocal engineer
  • Chris Wheeler – orchestra production
  • Nicole Stillman – assistant photographer
  • Laurence Aldridge – Pro-Tools
  • Sean Antanaitis – engineer, vocal engineer

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 73
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 68
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 102
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22] 81
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 94
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 42
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[25] 7

References

  1. ^ "Where Did the Night Fall by Unkle". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ Lymangrover, Jason. "Review: Where Did the Night Fall". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  3. ^ All in all, Levalle's got a solid effort on his hands with Night. [Jun 2010, p.108]
  4. ^ "Clash Magazine". 10 May 2010.
  5. ^ Brody, Gideon. "UNKLE - Never, Never, Land". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  6. ^ At points UNKLE verge on Moby car advert territory, but judicious sampling and that deadpan sci-fi spirit keep the album the right side of experimental. [Sep 2003, p.113]
  7. ^ Mackay, Emily. "Album review: UNKLE – Where Did The Night Fall (Surrender All)". NME. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Pitchfork Media". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ Largely the results are first-rate. [Jun 2010, p.132]
  10. ^ Hoard, Christian. "Where Did the Night Fall". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  11. ^ "Urb review".
  12. ^ "Where Did the Night Fall". unkle.com. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  13. ^ "UNKLE BLOG: UNKLE Update". Blogger. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  14. ^ "UNKLE's Photos". Facebook. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  15. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: New UNKLE Song with Black Angels". Spin. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  16. ^ Pre Order Where Did The Night Fall
  17. ^ "Where Did the Night Fall Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – Unkle – Where Did the Night Fall" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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  22. ^ "irishcharts.com – Discography Unkle". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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  24. ^ "Unkle | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  25. ^ "Unkle Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

External links

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