Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
PopMatters	[3]

Blood from Stars is the eleventh studio album by Joe Henry, released in August 2009, and his third release on the ANTI- label.

All songs written by Joe Henry, except where noted.

1. "Prelude: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down" – 5:44
2. "The Man I Keep Hid" – 5:05
3. "Channel" – 5:19
4. "This Is My Favorite Cage" – 4:08
5. "Death to the Storm" (Henry, Patrick Warren) – 4:58
6. "All Blues Hail Mary" – 5:33
7. "Bellwether" – 4:02
8. "Progress of Love (Dark Ground)" – 4:27
9. "Over Her Shoulder" – 3:26
10. "Suit on a Frame" – 6:22
11. "Truce" – 3:46
12. "Stars" – 5:13
13. "Coda: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down" – 2:35

Production

• Joe Henry – producer, liner notes
• Ryan Freeland – recording, mixing
• Julian Cubillos – engineering assistance
• Kevin Killen – additional recording
• Anabel Sinn – design
• W. Eugene Smith – photography
• David Piltch – editorial guidance

Musicians

• Joe Henry – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars
• Jason Moran - acoustic piano (1)
• Keefus Ciancia – keyboards, acoustic piano, vibraphone
• Patrick Warren – upright piano, tack piano, keyboards, field organ
• Marc Ribot – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, Epiphone Coronet, bowed banjo
• David Piltch – electric bass (1-11, 13)
• Jennifer Condos – electric bass (12)
• Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
• Levon Henry – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Mark Hatch – flugelhorn (8)
• Marc Anthony Thompson – additional vocals

In 2012, Tom Jones released a recording of "All Blues Hail Mary" on his studio album, Spirit in the Room.^[4]