Dark Shades of Blue

Dark Shades of Blue
Studio album by Xavier Rudd
Released	16 August 2008
Label	Anti
Producer	Xavier Rudd, Joe Barresi
Xavier Rudd chronology
White Moth (2007) Dark Shades of Blue (2008) Koonyum Sun (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Crawdaddy!	(favourable)[2]
Honest Tune	{favourable}[3]

Dark Shades of Blue is the fifth studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, which was released on 16 August 2008. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Xavier Rudd

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blackwater"	3:31
2.	"Dark Shades of Blue"	4:03
3.	"Secrets"	6:43
4.	"Guku"	4:12
5.	"Edge of the Moon"	5:08
6.	"This World As We Know It"	4:03
7.	"Shiver"	7:27
8.	"Uncle"	7:49
9.	"Up in Flames"	3:37
10.	"Hope That You'll Stay"	4:09
11.	"Home"	5:52

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 – vocals, vocals (background)
• Xavier Rudd – 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

Chart performance for Dark Shades of Blue

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	94

References

1. Dark Shades of Blue at AllMusic
2. "Xavier Rudd, Dark Shades of Blue". Crawdaddy!. Wolfgang's Vault. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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4. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Xavier Rudd". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
5. "Australiancharts.com – Xavier Rudd – Dark Shades of Blue". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
6. "Ultratop.be – Xavier Rudd – Dark Shades of Blue" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2016.