''Dark Shades of Blue'' is the fifth studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist

Xavier Rudd Xavier Rudd (born 29 May 1978) is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigen ...

, which was released on 16 August 2008. It peaked at No. 5 on the

ARIA Albums Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

Track listing

Personnel

*Joe Barresi – mixing *Carmel Echols – choir, chorus *Rob Giles – choir, chorus *Jimmy Hoyson – engineer, vocal engineer *Clydene Jackson – choir, chorus *James Looker – engineer, production assistant, photography, instrument technician *Gavin Lurssen – mastering *Anthony Lycenko – assistant engineer *

Banula Marika Banula (David) Marika is an Aboriginal Australian dancer, actor, singer and performer from Yirrkala in North East Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The son of Roy Marika, he is a member of the Rirratjingu clan of the Yolng ...

– vocals, vocals (background) *

– organ, guitar (acoustic), bass, guitar (electric), vocals, producer, slide guitar, stomp box, guitar (12-string acoustic) *Paul "Scooby" Smith – assistant engineer *Oren Waters – choir, chorus *Wil Wheaton – choir, chorus *Maxine Willard – Waters choir, chorus

Charts

References

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