# Autumn Sky

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Autumn Sky
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Blackmore's Night](/source/Blackmore's_Night)
| cover      = BlackmoresN autumn sky.jpg
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| released   = 3 September 2010
| recorded   = 2010
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Folk rock](/source/Folk_rock), [neo-Medieval](/source/neo-Medieval_music)
| length     = 61:33
| label      = [Spinefarm](/source/Spinefarm_Records)
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| prev_title = [Secret Voyage](/source/Secret_Voyage)
| prev_year  = 2008
| next_title = [A Knight In York](/source/A_Knight_In_York)
| next_year  = 2012
}}

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'''''Autumn Sky''''' is the eighth studio album by British-American [folk-rock](/source/folk-rock) band [Blackmore's Night](/source/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](/source/United_States).

''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](/source/Highland_(song))
| note1 = [One More Time](/source/One_More_Time_(band)) cover
| writer1 = Peter Grönvall, [Nanne Nordqvist](/source/Nanne_Gr%C3%B6nvall)
| length1 = 5:46
| title2 = Vagabond (Make a Princess of Me) 
| writer2 = [Ritchie Blackmore](/source/Ritchie_Blackmore), [Candice Night](/source/Candice_Night)
| length2 = 5:23
| title3 = Journeyman (Vandraren)
| note3 = [Nordman](/source/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](/source/Celluloid_Heroes)
| note7 = [The Kinks](/source/The_Kinks) cover
| writer7 = [Ray Davies](/source/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](/source/Here's_a_Health)
| writer14 = trad., Blackmore
| length14 = 4:16
| title15 = [Barbara Allen](/source/Barbara_Allen_(song)) 
| writer15 = trad., Blackmore
| length15 = 3:46
| title16 = Gottlische Devise
| note16 = Japanese Bonus Track
| writer16 = trad., Blackmore
| length16 = 3:36
}}

==Personnel==
* [Ritchie Blackmore](/source/Ritchie_Blackmore) - [guitar](/source/guitar)s, renaissance drum, [nyckelharpa](/source/nyckelharpa), [hurdy-gurdy](/source/hurdy-gurdy), [mandola](/source/mandola), [mandolin](/source/mandolin)
* [Candice Night](/source/Candice_Night) - vocals, harmonies, [penny whistle](/source/Tin_whistle), [gemshorn](/source/gemshorn), [rauschpfeife](/source/rauschpfeife), [shawm](/source/shawm)s, [bombards](/source/Bombard_(music)), [chanter](/source/chanter)s, [recorders](/source/Recorder_(musical_instrument))
* Bard David of Larchmont - [keyboards](/source/Musical_keyboard), backing vocals
* Gypsy Rose (Elizabath Cary) - [violin](/source/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}}

{{Blackmore's Night}}

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Category:Blackmore's Night albums

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