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Dark Hope 
Studio album by Renée Fleming Released 8 June 2010 Genre Indie rock Length 48:19 Label Decca Records
Cat. No.: B0014186-02Producer David Kahne Renée Fleming chronology Verismo
(2009)Dark Hope
(2010)Dark Hope is a 2010 album of indie rock titles sung by operatic soprano Renée Fleming.
The album was the idea of Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein; after listening to Fleming's performance of "In the Pines" on Elvis Costello's TV show Spectacle, they approached Fleming and producer David Kahne.[1] The aim was not to produce a typical crossover album, but a collection of songs sung without any hint of operatic vocal strength.[2]
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Endlessly" Muse 3:59 2. "No One's Gonna Love You" Band of Horses 3:41 3. "Oxygen" Willy Mason 4:15 4. "Today" Jefferson Airplane 3:22 5. "Intervention" Arcade Fire 4:19 6. "With Twilight As My Guide" The Mars Volta 5:33 7. "Mad World" Tears for Fears 3:53 8. "In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel 5:01 9. "Stepping Stone" Duffy 3:26 10. "Soul Meets Body" Death Cab for Cutie 3:11 11. "Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen 7:39 Total length:48:19 Credits
Performance credits
- Rusty Anderson, Nick Valensi – guitar
- David Kahne – bass, guitar, keyboards
- Will Lee – bass
- Shawn Pelton – drums
- Jesse Mills, Cyrus Beroukhin – violin
- Dov Scheindlin, William Hakim – viola
- Wendy Sutter – cello
- Alexis Pia Gerlach – cello
- Amelia Ross, Sage Ross (Flemings's daughters), Rachelle Fleming, (Renée's sister) – background vocals
- Mike Rossi – conductor
Technical credits
- Roy Hendrickson – engineer
- David Kahne – arranger, programming, producer, engineer
- Rebecca Meek – art direction
References
- ^ "Renée Fleming rocks out on Dark Hope" by Kevin Berger, Los Angeles Times (6 June 2010)
- ^ "Renée Fleming: Diva goes to the dark side" by Peter Conrad, The Guardian (28 March 2010)
External links
- Renée Fleming: Dark Hope
- "Opera Star Renée Fleming Takes on Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie on 'Dark Hope'" by Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone (25 February 2010)
- Renee Fleming – Dark Hope trailer on YouTube
- Dark Hope at Allmusic
Categories:- 2010 albums
- Indie rock albums by American artists
- Decca Records albums
- Covers albums
- Albums produced by David Kahne
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