"Dark night of the soul is a metaphor used to describe a phase in a person's spiritual life, marked by a sense of loneliness and desolation. It is referenced by spiritual traditions throughout the world, but in particular by Christianity."
So the story of Dark Night Of The Soul is that Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) came to Danger Mouse with a instrumental for a song he wrote called "War" and said he didn't think he felt right singing it. This turned into a huge collaborative project where Mark Linkous wrote a series of songs and got other artists (Iggy Pop, The Flaming Lips, Jason Lytle, Vic Chesnutt, Black Francis, Nina Persson, Scott Spillane, Gruff Rhys, Suzanne Vega, James Mercer, and David Lynch) to write lyrics for these songs, and sing them. Danger Mouse produced the album, and David Lynch made a series of photographs said to be a visual narrative for the album.
At first, due to legal issues with EMI, there was a possibility that the album would never be released, though on the official website( http://www.dnots.com ) the book of photography was available for sale, and came bundled with a blank CD-R, which was obviously intended for people to burn their own copy of the album since it had leaked heavily through blogs.
When the album finally had an official release, it was released in several different formats, one of which being a deluxe box set limited to only 5000 copies worldwide which included a condensed version of the book of photography, a poster, 3 lobby cards, a photo print, a copy of the album on a double LP, a copy of the album on CD, and a copy of the instrumentals from the album also on CD.
Here's the instrumentals.
Tracklist:
1. Revenge
2. Just War
3. Jaykub
4. Little Girl
5. Angel's Harp
6. Pain
7. Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It)
8. Everytime I'm With You
9. Insane Lullaby
10. Daddy's Gone
11. Man Who Played God
12. Grim Augery
13. Dark Night Of The Soul
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