Blood from Stars

Blood from Stars
Studio album by Joe Henry
Released	August 18, 2009
Recorded	March 16–20, 2009
Studio	The Garfield House (South Pasadena, California) Avatar Studios (New York City, New York)
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[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]