Dimming of the Day
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{{Infobox song
| name = Dimming of the Day
| cover =
| alt =
| type =
| artist = Richard and Linda Thompson
| album = Pour Down Like Silver
| released = November 1975
| format =
| recorded = 1975
| studio = Sound Techniques, London
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| genre = British folk rock
| length = {{Duration|m=7|s=16}}
| label = Island
| writer = Richard Thompson
| producer = Richard Thompson and John Wood
}}
"Dimming of the Day" is a song written by Richard Thompson and performed with his then-wife Linda Thompson on their 1975 album Pour Down Like Silver.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1221795-Richard-Linda-Thompson-Pour-Down-Like-Silver|title=Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver|date=November 2, 1975|via=www.discogs.com}} Thompson recorded an acoustic version for his 1996 solo album Acoustic Classics.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/acoustic-classics-mw0002682892| title=Richard Thompson Acoustic Classics | work=AllMusic | accessdate=22 April 2015 | last =Monger| first =Timothy}}
Covers
Dimming of the Day has been covered by, amongst other artists:
- The Corrs for their Irish-themed fifth studio album Home
- Bonnie Raitt on her 1994 album Longing in Their Hearts
- Mary Black on her 1991 album Babes In The Wood
- Emmylou Harris
- Alfie Boe from his album Trust, featuring Shawn Colvin
- The Blind Boys of Alabama
- The song also featured, performed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, in John Sayles' 1999 film Limbo
- Pink Floyd's David Gilmour played the song in 2002 at his semi-acoustic shows in London's Royal Festival Hall; it was released on his David Gilmour in Concert DVD where he introduces the song: "This one's got nothing whatsoever to do with me but I like it. It's by Richard Thompson and it's called Dimming of the Day."
- The Dutch musician Gerard van Maasakkers recorded a version with a text in Brabantine, a Dutch dialect, As 't Dalijk Donker is (on his CD Zicht, 2006)
- Tom Jones recorded the song for his 2012 album Spirit in the Room
- Alison Krauss & Union Station on their album Paper Airplane
- A new duet version is on the debut album of singer-actress Anastasia Barzee, and the album takes the name of this song{{cn|date=November 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{youtube|-rFhS2805uQ|Dimming Of The Day / Dargai}} (provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group)
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