Autumn Sky

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Autumn Sky | type = Album | artist = Blackmore's Night | cover = BlackmoresN autumn sky.jpg | alt = | released = 3 September 2010 | recorded = 2010 | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk rock, neo-Medieval | length = 61:33 | label = Spinefarm | producer = | 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> It reached number 13 in Greece, number 29 in Finland, number 36 in Sweden, number 43 in Austria and number 57 in Switzerland.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> In Russia it went gold.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> The album won a Zone Music Award for the Best Vocal Album.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==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 }}

==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 Chimay (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== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (2010) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{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|Germany|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}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|36|artist=Blackmore's Night|album=Autumn Sky|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|57|artist=Blackmore's Night|album=Autumn Sky|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|UKRock|39|date=20100912|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:2010 albums Category:Blackmore's Night albums