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Silver Skies Blue

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Silver Skies Blue
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)
GenreFolk, Americana
Length45:11
LabelCleopatra
Judy Collins chronology
Strangers Again
(2015)
Silver Skies Blue
(2016)
A Love Letter To Sondheim
(2017)
Ari Hest chronology
Shouts and Whispers
(2014)
Silver Skies Blue
(2016)
Natural
(2017)

Silver Skies Blue is an album by Judy Collins and Ari Hest. It earned them a Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album, Hest's first and Collins' first nomination in 40 years.[1] Of the album's 12 tracks, 8 were co-written by Collins and Hest.

Collins and Hest met backstage at a show, and Hest sang on one song on her 2014 Live In Ireland album, prior to collaborating on Silver Skies Blue.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drifting Away"Judy Collins, Ari Hest3:19
2."I Choose Love"Collins, Hest3:01
3."Silver Skies Blue"Collins, Hest3:06
4."The Weight"Hest3:16
5."Slow Burns"Collins, Hest3:17
6."Let You In"Collins, Hest3:57
7."Run"Collins, Hest4:15
8."Aberdeen"Hest4:38
9."Elena"Collins, Hest3:33
10."Secret Harbor"Collins, Hest, Russel Walden4:33
11."Home Before Dark"David Buskin, Collins, Dwight W. Batteau Jr.3:35
12."Strangers Again"Marvin Etzioni, Hest4:41
Total length:45:11

References

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  1. ^ Barker, Andrew (2017-02-08). "Singer Judy Collins on Her First Grammy Nomination in 40 Years". Variety. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. ^ Judy Collins & Ari Hest: Silver Skies Blue, retrieved 9/8/2017