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Till the Sun Turns Black is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's second full-length release, which was released on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by Ethan Johns and recorded at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York. The album was a commercial success, becoming a top 40 album, selling 28,000 copies in its first week of release.[7] The album was released in the UK on June 18, 2007, where it peaked at No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart.[8]

Till the Sun Turns Black
Studio album by Ray LaMontagne
Released	August 29, 2006 (US) June 18, 2007 (UK)
Studio	Allaire Studios, NY; Three Crows Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Genre	Folk, folk rock
Length	48:13
Label	RCA (US) 14th Floor Records (UK)
Producer	Ethan Johns
Ray LaMontagne chronology
Trouble (2004) Till the Sun Turns Black (2006) Gossip in the Grain (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Artistdirect	[2]
Being There Magazine	[3]
Cluas	(8/10)[4]
Modern Guitars	(?)[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Ray LaMontagne.

1. "Be Here Now" – 6:23
2. "Empty" – 5:17
3. "Barfly" – 3:55
4. "Three More Days" – 3:36
5. "Can I Stay" – 3:41
6. "You Can Bring Me Flowers" – 4:12
7. "Gone Away from Me" – 4:27
8. "Lesson Learned" – 4:39
9. "Truly, Madly, Deeply" – 1:52
10. "Till The Sun Turns Black" – 4:28
11. "Within You" – 5:43

Singles

• "Can I Stay" (promo only) (August 29, 2006)
• "Be Here Now" (June 18, 2007)
• "Three More Days" (August 20, 2007)

"Be Here Now" was the first British single from the album. It was released on limited edition 7" vinyl (limited to 500 copies only) on June 18, 2007 to coincide with the release of the album there. The B-side is a previously unreleased live version of "Be Here Now." It is also featured in the trailer for the 2006 motion picture Away from Her^{[citation needed]} and in season 1 finale of Covert Affairs.[9]

Personnel

• Ray LaMontagne – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar (6), Spanish guitar (8, 9), Rhodes piano (9)
• Ethan Johns – drums (3, 4, 6, 11), percussion (2, 10), bass guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 11), electric guitar (3, 4), ukulele (7, 11), dobro (6), acoustic bass (7), B3 (3), programming (6), piano/synthesizer (1), acoustic guitar/reed organ/harmony vocal (11)
• John Medeski – Wurlitzer electric piano on "Three More Days"
• Rachael Yamagata – background vocals on "Barfly"
• Antoine Silverman – violin
• Lorenza Ponce – violin
• Chris Cardona – violin
• David Gold – violin, viola
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello
• Dave Eggar – cello
• Brad Jones – bowed bass (1, 10, 11)
• Peck Allmond – trumpet (4, 6), euphonium/mellophone (7, 11), flute (6)
• Michael Blake – tenor saxophone (4, 6)
• Jack Schatz – euphonium (10)
• Vincent Chancey – French horn (10)

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2007	UK Albums Chart	35
2006	The Billboard 200	28

References

External links

• "Ray LaMontagne News & Press". News update on summer tour & album release. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved June 6, 2006.

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Till the Sun Turns Black è il secondo album del cantautore Ray LaMontagne ed è stato pubblicato nell'Agosto del 2006.

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