Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel

Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel is a compilation album curated and performed by Agnes Obel for Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 25 May 2018. It features artists such as Nina Simone, Henry Mancini, Ray Davies, Michelle Gurevich, Can, and Yello, among many others. Three previously unheard songs from Obel appear in the mix, including “Poem About Death”, a collaboration with the Danish poet Inger Christensen.[2][3] Critics compared the album with David Lynch's work.[1][4]

Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)
Genre
Length50:22
LabelNight Time Stories
ProducerAgnes Obel
Agnes Obel chronology
Citizen of Glass
(2016)
Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel
(2018)
Myopia
(2020)
Late Night Tales chronology
Late Night Tales: BadBadNotGood
(2017)
Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel
(2018)
Late Night Tales: Floating Points
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Obel wrote about her album, "I was surprised at how much time I ended up spending on this. I collected all the songs together with my partner Alex and we just spent time listening to records, trying to see what would fit together. Some of the music I’ve included here is on mixtapes we made when we were just friends as teenagers. Each one of the tracks produces stories in my head."[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."The Evil Theme"Henry ManciniMancini3:02
2."Moonbird"Roger WebbWebb2:22
3."Eden's Island"eden ahbezahbez2:12
4."The Nights"Lee HazlewoodHazlewood3:24
5."Ay Ay Ay Ay" (Angle-Lala)Arthur ReidNora Dean3:07
6."Great Mission"Boris Blank, Dieter MeierYello2:55
7."Aleluia" Quarteto em Cy and Tamba Trio3:30
8."Bloody Shadows from a Distance"Lena PlatonosPlatonos3:04
9."I Go to Sleep"Ray DaviesDavies2:48
10."Piano Quintet, V"Alfred SchnittkeSchnittke3:55
11."Stretch Your Eyes" (Ambient Acapella)Agnes ObelObel6:07
12."Pilentze Pee" (Pilentze Sings) the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Choir2:27
13."Glemmer Du" (Exclusive Arvid Müller Cover Version)Kai Normann Andersen, Arvid MüllerObel2:02
14."Bee Dance" (Exclusive)ObelObel2:39
15."The End"Sibylle BaierBaier2:27
16."Party Girl"Michelle GurevichGurevich4:26
17."Oscura Primavera"Holger Czukay, David C. Johnson, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin SchmidtCan3:14
18."I Lie"David LangLang5:12
19."Images" (Live in New York 1964)Waring Cuney, Nina SimoneSimone2:51
20."Poem About Death" (Exclusive Spoken Words With Music)ObelObel3:04
21."Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel" (Continuous Mix) Obel50:31
DJ mix
No.TitleArtistLength
1."The Evil Theme" (Mixed)Mancini2:02
2."Moonbird (From "Heaven & Hell")" (Mixed)Webb1:45
3."Eden's Island" (Mixed)ahbez2:01
4."The Nights" (Mixed)Hazlewood3:02
5."Angie La La" (Mixed)Dean3:00
6."Great Mission" (Mixed)Yello1:41
7."Aleluia" (Mixed)Quarteto em Cy and Tamba Trio3:28
8."Bloody Shadows from a Afar" (Mixed)Platonos3:08
9."I Go to Sleep (Demo Version)" (Mixed)The Kinks2:39
10."Piano Quintet: V. Moderato Pastorale" (Mixed)Roland Pöntinen and Tale Quartet3:02
11."Stretch Your Eyes (Ambient Acapella)" (Mixed)Obel1:35
12."Pilentze Pee" (Mixed)Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Choir1:36
13."Glemmer Du" (Mixed)Obel2:06
14."Bee Dance" (Mixed)Obel2:00
15."The End" (Mixed)Baier2:25
16."Party Girl" (Mixed)Gurevich3:16
17."Oscura Primavera" (Mixed)Can1:55
18."I Lie" (Mixed)Ars Nova Copenhagen and Paul Hillier2:36
19."Images (Live in New York 1964)" (Mixed)Simone3:10
20."Poem About Death" (Mixed)Obel3:54

References

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  1. ^ a b Monger, James Christopher. "Agnes Obel - Late Night Tales". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  2. ^ Boilen, Bob (2018-05-21). "Agnes Obel Explains Her 'Late Night Tales' Track By Track". NPR Music. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  3. ^ Bartlet, Jess. "Agnes Obel curates beautifully subtle Late Night Tales compilation". Earmilk. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  4. ^ Ashworth, Lee (2018-04-25). "Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel – Album Review". Louder than War. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  5. ^ "AGNES OBEL". Late Night Tales. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
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