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rock band

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. The album was produced by Guy Garvey and Craig Potter of the band

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and was released on 5 July 2010. Since 2 July 2010, the whole album has been streamed for free on the

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website. On 20 July 2010, the album made the shortlist for the 2010

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. On 15 November 2010, it was announced that ''Sky at Night'' has received the German Record Critics' Award (

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) in the "Pop and Rock" category.

Track listing

The track listing for the album is as follows: All songs written by

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. The line "we've got all the bullets, but there's no-one left to shoot" comes from "Oblivious" – a song by

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. The Japanese edition of ''Sky at Night'' includes additional track (#11) called "Black & Blue". The original version of this song appeared on ''

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'' (1990) – a

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by John Bramwell, then known as Johnny Dangerously.

Personnel

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Instruments

I Am Kloot: * John Harold Arnold Bramwell * Andy Hargreaves * Peter Jobson additional musicians: * Prabjote Osahn –

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– tracks 1, 2 & 3 * Stella Page –

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– tracks 1, 2 & 3 * Margit van der Zwan –

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– tracks 1, 2 & 3 * Marie Leenhardt – harp – tracks 5 & 6 * Tony Gilfellon – guitar – track 2 * Bob Marsh –

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– tracks 2 & 10 * Peter McPhail –

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& flute – tracks 4, 9 & 10 * Colin McLeod –

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– track 10 * Norman McLeod – pedal steel guitar – track 10 others: * Guy Garvey – string arrangements

Production and mixing

* Guy Garvey & Craig Potter –

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* Craig Potter – mixing (at Blueprint Studios) * Tim Young – mastering (at

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) * Colin McLeod – additional production &

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– track 10 * Seadna McPhail – additional engineering – tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 & 10

Track listing

Personnel

Instruments

Production and mixing

Artwork

Singles

Release history

References