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Dark Shades of Blue is the fifth studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, which was released on 16 August 2008. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Xavier Rudd

No.TitleLength
1."Blackwater"3:31
2."Dark Shades of Blue"4:03
3."Secrets"6:43
4."Guku"4:12
5."Edge of the Moon"5:08
6."This World As We Know It"4:03
7."Shiver"7:27
8."Uncle"7:49
9."Up in Flames"3:37
10."Hope That You'll Stay"4:09
11."Home"5:52

Personnel

  • Joe Barresi – mixing
  • Carmel Echols – choir, chorus
  • Rob Giles – choir, chorus
  • Jimmy Hoyson – engineer, vocal engineer
  • Clydene Jackson – choir, chorus
  • James Looker – engineer, production assistant, photography, instrument technician
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Anthony Lycenko – assistant engineer
  • Banula Marika – vocals, vocals (background)
  • Xavier Rudd – organ, guitar (acoustic), bass, guitar (electric), vocals, producer, slide guitar, stomp box, guitar (12-string acoustic)
  • Paul "Scooby" Smith – assistant engineer
  • Oren Waters – choir, chorus
  • Wil Wheaton – choir, chorus
  • Maxine Willard – Waters choir, chorus

Charts

Chart performance for Dark Shades of Blue
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 94

References

  1. ^ Dark Shades of Blue at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Xavier Rudd, Dark Shades of Blue". Crawdaddy!. Wolfgang's Vault. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Xavier Rudd". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Xavier Rudd – Dark Shades of Blue". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Xavier Rudd – Dark Shades of Blue" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
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