Against the Night

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{{Infobox album

| name = Against the Night

| type = Album

| artist = Jason Webley

| cover = Againstthenight.jpg

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| released = 1999

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| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 61:59

| label = 11 Records

| producer = Jason Webley

| prev_title = Viaje

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Counterpoint

| next_year = 2002

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{{Music ratings

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|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r649073|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

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Against the Night is the second album, released originally in 1999, by Jason Webley. It was re-released by Springman Records in 2003. He has been known to regard it as his depressing album, "the soundtrack to a subtle apocalypse." It is his most popular album to date, and Webley regards it as the album where he really comes into his own as a songwriter.{{cite web |url = http://www.jasonwebley.com/music_against.html |title = Against the Night |accessdate = 2007-11-02 | publisher = Jason Webley| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071013115736/http://jasonwebley.com/music_against.html| archivedate= 13 October 2007 | url-status= live}}

The track "Last Song" appeared in the ninth episode of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, titled "PYRAMID".

Track listing

  1. "Against the Night" – 4:41
  2. "2 am" – 2:19
  3. "Entropy" – 1:24
  4. "Winter" – 4:05
  5. "Devil be Good" – 2:54
  6. "Jack of Spades" – 1:55
  7. "Dance While the Sky Crashes Down" – 4:29
  8. "Ontogeny" – 2:15
  9. "Again the Night" – 3:40
  10. "Millennium Bug" – 4:02
  11. "Constellation Prize" – 2:12
  12. "Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" – 5:23
  13. "Eleutheria" – 4:59
  14. "Captain, Where are We Going Now?" – 5:17
  15. "Back to the Garden" – 4:01
  16. "Last Song" – 6:05
  17. "Lullaby" – 2:18

Personnel

  • Performed by Jason Webley.
  • Drums on "Ontogeny", "Constellation Prize", and "Back to the Garden" by Michael McQuilken.
  • Electric guitar on "Back to the Garden" by John Osebold.
  • Screaming on "2 am" recorded at the Blue Moon Tavern.
  • Additional vocals on "Eleutheria" by Lauryn Cook's alternative tribe, and on "Back to the Garden" by John Banfill, Ben Dunlap, Jeff Harms, and Grant Mandarino.

References

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Category:1999 albums

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