Blood from Stars

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

Blood from Stars
Studio album by Joe Henry
Released	August 18, 2009
Recorded	March 16–20, 2009
Genre	Blues, experimental, folk rock
Length	57:08
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Joe Henry
Joe Henry chronology
Civilians (2007) Blood from Stars (2009) Reverie (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
PopMatters

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Produced by Joe Henry
• Recorded and mixed by Ryan Freeland at The Garfield House, South Pasadena, CA
• Engineering assistance provided by Julian Cubillos
• Additional recording by Kevin Killen at Avatar Studios, New York, NY, March 21, 2009
• Musicians:
  • Joe Henry – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jay Bellerose – drums and percussion
  • Keefus Ciancia – keyboards, piano and vibraphone
  • Levon Henry - tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet
  • David Piltch – electric bass and editorial guidance
  • Marc Ribot - electric, acoustic and gut-string guitar, bowed banjo and coronet
  • Patrick Warren – upright and tack piano, field organ and keyboards
• Special guests:
  • Jennifer Condos – electric bass on "Stars"
  • Mark Hatch – flugelhorn on "Progress of Love"
  • Marc Anthony Thompson – additional vocals
  • Jason Moran - piano on "Prelude"
• Photographs by W. Eugene Smith
• Design by Anabel Sinn

Cover version

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