Sun Midnight Sun
Her second solo album, produced by Blake Mills, with guest vocals from Fiona Apple and Jackson Browne.
Sara Watkins, 2012
Shawn Everett recorded, mixed and mastered it. Watkins sings lead and plays strings, her brother Sean adds harmony vocals and guitar, and Mills plays all the other instruments and sings harmony. Benmont Tench plays additional keys on four tracks, Fiona Apple sings on "You're the One I Love" (credited to Boudleaux and Felice Bryant) and harmony on "Take Up Your Spade", Jackson Browne sings harmony on three tracks, and Taylor Goldsmith on "I'm a Memory", a Willie Nelson song. Nonesuch credits "When It Pleases You" to Dan Wilson with arrangement by Mills, while Wikipedia lists Wilson alone.
It reached 11 on Folk Albums and 16 on Heatseekers (one page says 17). Metacritic scored it 76, AllMusic gave 4 of 5, the Telegraph 3.5 and American Songwriter 3 of 5. Quotes gathered on Nonesuch's page include USA Today calling it a gorgeous pop masterpiece. She toured the UK and Ireland in January and February 2013 and played an NPR World Cafe session in August 2012.
Track listing
- The Foothills1:22
- You and Me3:23
- You're the One I Love1:45
- When It Pleases You6:50
- Be There3:50
- I'm a Memory3:56
- Impossible3:54
- The Ward Accord3:21
- Lock & Key3:39
- Take Up Your Spade3:26
More from Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins (2009), Young In All The Wrong Ways (2016), Under The Pepper Tree (2021)
Sources
- Sun Midnight Sun, Nonesuch
- Sun Midnight Sun, Wikipedia
- Sara Watkins: Sun Midnight Sun, American Songwriter (2012-06-28)