{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Blood from Stars | type = studio | artist = Joe Henry | cover = Blood-from-stars md.jpg | alt = | released = August 18, 2009 | recorded = March 16–20, 2009 | venue = | studio = * The Garfield House (South Pasadena, California) * Avatar (New York City, New York) | genre = Blues, experimental, folk rock | length = 57:08 | label = ANTI- | producer = Joe Henry | prev_title = Civilians | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Reverie | next_year = 2011 }} {{Music ratings | MC = 77/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/blood-from-stars/joe-henry|title=Blood From Stars by Joe Henry|author=|date=|work=metacritic.com|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref> | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1622747|title=Blood from Stars - Joe Henry - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|author=|date=|work=allmusic.com|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = PopMatters | rev2Score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/109572-joe-henry-blood-from-stars/|title=Joe Henry: Blood from Stars|author=|date=|work=popmatters.com|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref> }} '''''Blood from Stars''''' is the eleventh studio album by Joe Henry, released in August 2009, and his third release on the ANTI- label.
==Track listing== All songs written by Joe Henry, except where noted.
# "Prelude: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down" – 5:44 # "The Man I Keep Hid" – 5:05 # "Channel" – 5:19 # "This Is My Favorite Cage" – 4:08 # "Death to the Storm" (Henry, Patrick Warren) – 4:58 # "All Blues Hail Mary" – 5:33 # "Bellwether" – 4:02 # "Progress of Love (Dark Ground)" – 4:27 # "Over Her Shoulder" – 3:26 # "Suit on a Frame" – 6:22 # "Truce" – 3:46 # "Stars" – 5:13 # "Coda: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down" – 2:35
== Personnel ==
'''Production''' * Joe Henry – producer, liner notes * Ryan Freeland – recording, mixing * Julian Cubillos – engineering assistance * Kevin Killen – additional recording * Anabel Sinn – design * W. Eugene Smith – photography * David Piltch – editorial guidance
'''Musicians''' * Joe Henry – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars * Jason Moran - acoustic piano (1) * Keefus Ciancia – keyboards, acoustic piano, vibraphone * Patrick Warren – upright piano, tack piano, keyboards, field organ * Marc Ribot – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, Epiphone Coronet, bowed banjo * David Piltch – electric bass (1–11, 13) * Jennifer Condos – electric bass (12) * Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion * Levon Henry – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet * Mark Hatch – flugelhorn (8) * Marc Anthony Thompson – additional vocals
== Cover version == In 2012, Tom Jones released a recording of "All Blues Hail Mary" on his studio album, ''Spirit in the Room''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/spirit-in-the-room-mw0002348561|title=Spirit in the Room - Tom Jones - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|author=|date=|work=allmusic.com|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref>
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