What the Night Said

What the Night Said
Studio album by Will Stratton
Released May 1, 2007
Recorded Astoria, Queens 2005
Genre Folk, indie
Length 33:28
Label Stunning Models on Display
Producer Will Stratton, Kieran Kelly
Professional reviews

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Will Stratton chronology
What the Night Said
(2007)		 No Wonder
(2009)

What the Night Said is the debut album from Will Stratton. It was recorded the summer after his senior year of high school in a small recording studio in Astoria, Queens, New York, but not released until two years later.[3][4]

Contents

Critical reception

The reception to the album was highly favorable. Allmusic has said that "Even though his songs seem to come from a nearly monkish vantage point of isolation, there is lifting beauty here, a need for connection, and breathtaking flights, swoops, and turns of melody."[5] Evan Sawdey, for PopMatters, opined that Stratton "ma[de] an album of songs that were custom-fitted for listening to at night," and that ultimately, "Stratton succeeds, and beautifully so."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Katydid" - 2:33
  2. "So Ashamed" – 3:02
  3. "Fireflies" – 2:48
  4. "Night Will Come" – 3:45
  5. "Lost the Fear" – 2:52
  6. "I'd Hate to Leave You" – 2:58
  7. "Sonnet" – 2:20
  8. "Oh Quiet Night" – 2:19
  9. "Sleepwalk" – 1:59
  10. "Stay Awake" – 2:56
  11. "Sunol" – 2:53
  12. "I Don't Wanna Love" – 3:07

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Hage, Erik. "What the Night Said > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1041249. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  2. ^ Sawdey, Evan. "Will Stratton: What the Night Said". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/42633/will-stratton-what-the-night-said/. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  3. ^ Stratton, Will. "About Will". http://willstratton.com/?page_id=2. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Will Stratton: 'Katydid' : NPR". NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12300293. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  5. ^ Hage, Erik. "What the Night Said > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1041249. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  6. ^ Sawdey, Evan. "Will Stratton: What the Night Said". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/42633/will-stratton-what-the-night-said/. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 

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