Autumn Sky
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{{Infobox album
| name = Autumn Sky
| type = Album
| artist = Blackmore's Night
| cover = BlackmoresN autumn sky.jpg
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| released = 3 September 2010
| recorded = 2010
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| genre = Folk rock, neo-Medieval
| length = 61:33
| label = Spinefarm
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| prev_title = Secret Voyage
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = A Knight In York
| next_year = 2012
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Autumn Sky is the eighth studio album by British-American folk-rock band Blackmore's Night. It is dedicated to their daughter Autumn Esmerelda Blackmore, who was born on 27 May 2010. It was released on 3 September 2010 in Europe and on 18 January 2011 in the U.S.
Autumn Sky entered at number one on the New Age Billboard Charts.{{cite web|url=http://newagemusic.nu/billboard-chart-musicians-blackmores-night |title=Billboard Chart Musicians; Blackmore's Night |date=18 March 2011 |author=John P. Olsen |work=NewAgeMusic.nu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170402/http://newagemusic.nu/billboard-chart-musicians-blackmores-night |archivedate=13 May 2012 }} It reached number 13 in Greece, number 29 in Finland, number 36 in Sweden, number 43 in Austria and number 57 in Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blackmore%27s+Night&titel=Autumn+Sky&cat=a |title=Autumn Sky - Charts |accessdate=18 December 2012 |publisher=Australian-Charts.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095449/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blackmore%27s+Night&titel=Autumn+Sky&cat=a |archivedate=7 April 2014 }} In Russia it went gold.{{cite web |title=Interview with Candice Night |date=7 January 2011 |author=Christian A. |work=SMNnews |url=http://www.smnnews.com/2011/01/07/blackmores-night-candice-night-vocals/ |access-date=14 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911134657/http://www.smnnews.com/2011/01/07/blackmores-night-candice-night-vocals/ |archive-date=11 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Ritchie Blackmore: The Autumn Sky Interview |work=Guitar International |url=http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2011/01/28/ritchie-blackmore-the-autumn-sky-interview/ |author=Dr. Matt Warnock |date=28 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201150020/http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2011/01/28/ritchie-blackmore-the-autumn-sky-interview/ |archivedate=1 February 2011 }} The album won a Zone Music Award for the Best Vocal Album.{{cite web|url=http://zonemusicreporter.com/admin/award_finalists.asp |title=2011 Zone Music Award Winners |date=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215081601/http://zonemusicreporter.com/admin/award_finalists.asp |archivedate=15 December 2012 }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Highland
| note1 = One More Time cover
| writer1 = Peter Grönvall, Nanne Nordqvist
| length1 = 5:46
| title2 = Vagabond (Make a Princess of Me)
| writer2 = Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night
| length2 = 5:23
| title3 = Journeyman (Vandraren)
| note3 = Nordman cover; English lyrics: Night
| writer3 = Helena Bäckman, Py Bäckman, Håkan Hemlin, Mats Wester
| length3 = 5:41
| title4 = Believe in Me
| writer4 = Blackmore, Night
| length4 = 4:26
| title5 = Sake of the Song
| writer5 = Blackmore, Night
| length5 = 2:52
| title6 = Song and Dance
| note6 = Instrumental
| writer6 = Blackmore
| length6 = 1:59
| title7 = Celluloid Heroes
| note7 = The Kinks cover
| writer7 = Ray Davies
| length7 = 5:27
| title8 = Keeper of the Flame
| writer8 = Blackmore, Night
| length8 = 4:41
| title9 = Night at Eggersberg
| note9 = Instrumental
| writer9 = Blackmore
| length9 = 2:16
| title10 = Strawberry Girl
| writer10 = Blackmore, Night
| length10 = 4:05
| title11 = All the Fun of the Fayre
| writer11 = Blackmore, Night
| length11 = 3:56
| title12 = Darkness
| writer12 = trad., Blackmore, Night
| length12 = 3:26
| title13 = Dance of the Darkness
| note13 = Instrumental
| writer13 = trad., Blackmore
| length13 = 3:33
| title14 = Health to the Company
| writer14 = trad., Blackmore
| length14 = 4:16
| title15 = Barbara Allen
| writer15 = trad., Blackmore
| length15 = 3:46
| title16 = Gottlische Devise
| note16 = Japanese Bonus Track
| writer16 = trad., Blackmore
| length16 = 3:36
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Personnel
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitars, renaissance drum, nyckelharpa, hurdy-gurdy, mandola, mandolin
- Candice Night - vocals, harmonies, penny whistle, gemshorn, rauschpfeife, shawms, bombards, chanters, recorders
- Bard David of Larchmont - keyboards, backing vocals
- Gypsy Rose (Elizabath Cary) - violin, harmony vocals
- Earl Grey of Chimey (Mike Clemente) - bass and rhythm guitar
- Squire Malcolm of Lumley (Malcolm Dick) - percussion and drums
- Albert Danneman - renaissance woodwinds and vocals
Additional personnel (from sleeve)
- Producer: Pat Regan
- Orchestra: Pat Regan's Orchestral Consort
- Mastering: Brad Vance (Red Mastering)
Charts
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! scope="col"| Chart (2010) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Austria|43|artist=Blackmore's Night|album=Autumn Sky|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|29|artist=Blackmore's Night|album=Autumn Sky|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|15|id=138994|artist=Blackmore's Night|album=Autumn Sky|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Oricon|50|M|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/144808/products/885308/1/|title=オータム・スカイ|publisher=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=24 May 2023|rowheader=true |
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{{album chart|Sweden|36|artist=Blackmore's Night|album=Autumn Sky|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|57|artist=Blackmore's Night|album=Autumn Sky|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}}
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{{album chart|UKRock|39|date=20100912|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}}
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References
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