Twilight (The Handsome Family album)

{{short description|2001 album by the Handsome Family}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Twilight

| type = Album

| artist = the Handsome Family

| cover = Artist THE HANDSOME FAMILY album TWILIGHT.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2001

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 44:43

| label = Carrot Top / Loose Music

| producer =

| prev_title = In the Air

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Live at Schuba's Tavern

| next_year = 2002

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/twilight-mw0000016217 |title=Twilight - The Handsome Family |last=MacNeil |first=Jason |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-07-31}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2score = 8/10{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3008/reviews/4359-handsome-family-twilight |title=Album Review: Handsome Family - Twilight |last=Whitton |first=Michaela |date=2002-07-19 |website=Drowned in Sound |language=en |access-date=2018-07-31}}

| rev3 = The Independent

| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.handsomefamily.com/twilightpress.html |title=The Handsome Family: Twilight |last=Perry |first=Tim |work=The Independent |access-date=2018-07-31}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-30-ca-51525-story.html |title=Musicians Craft Sounds That Transcend Pop |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=2001-09-30 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035 |author-link=Robert Hilburn}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5Score = 8.5/10{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3726-twilight/ |title=The Handsome Family: Twilight Album Review |last=Rooney |first=Nathan |date=2001-12-04 |website=Pitchfork |language=en |access-date=2018-07-31}}

| rev6 = RTÉ

| rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2001/1009/448570-handsomefamily/ |title=The Handsome Family - Twilight |last=Hennessy |first=Caroline |date=2001-10-09 |work=RTÉ |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en}}

| rev7 = Tom Hull – on the Web

| rev7Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}){{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Hull (critic)|date=May 10, 2021|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2941-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}

| rev8 = The Village Voice

| rev8score = A−{{Cite magazine |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=2001-10-16 |title=Unpatriotic?! Moi? |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv10-01.php |magazine=The Village Voice |access-date=2018-07-31}}

|rev9 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev9score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book | editor-last=Larkin | editor-first=Colin | title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | publisher=Omnibus Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA1637 | access-date=2023-06-01 | page=1637}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Twilight is the sixth album by the Handsome Family. It was released 2001 by Carrot Top Records (North America) / Loose Music (Europe).

Track listing

  1. "The Snow White Diner" – 4:01
  2. "Passenger Pigeons" – 4:29
  3. "A Dark Eye" – 3:53
  4. "There Is A Sound" – 3:26
  5. "All The TVs In Town" – 3:05
  6. "Gravity" – 3:08
  7. "Cold, Cold, Cold" – 3:10
  8. "No One Fell Asleep Alone" – 2:48
  9. "I Know You Are There" – 3:40
  10. "Birds You Cannot See" - 2:53
  11. "The White Dog" - 3:36
  12. "So Long" - 3:31
  13. "Peace In The Valley Once Again" - 3:03

Personnel<ref>cf. Brett & Rennie Sparks (2001): Credits. In ''Twilight'' [CD booklet]. Chicago: Carrot Top Records.</ref>

  • The Handsome Family
  • Brett Sparks - wrote and played all music except as follows
  • Rennie Sparks - all lyrics, all female vocals, autoharp

References

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