title: Dark Shades of Blue
text: # Dark Shades of Blue
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Crawdaddy! | (favourable) |
  | Honest Tune | {favourable} |
  
  Dark Shades of Blue is the fifth studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, which was released on 16 August 2008. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Xavier Rudd.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Joe Barresi – mixing
  * Carmel Echols – choir, chorus
  * Rob Giles – choir, chorus
  * Jimmy Hoyson – engineer, vocal engineer
  * Clydene Jackson – choir, chorus
  * James Looker – engineer, production assistant, photography, instrument technician
  * Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  * Anthony Lycenko – assistant engineer
  * Banula Marika – vocals, vocals (background)
  * Xavier Rudd – organ, guitar (acoustic), bass, guitar (electric), vocals, producer, slide guitar, stomp box, guitar (12-string acoustic)
  * Paul "Scooby" Smith – assistant engineer
  * Oren Waters – choir, chorus
  * Wil Wheaton – choir, chorus
  * Maxine Willard – Waters choir, chorus
  
  ## Charts
  
  Chart performance for Dark Shades of Blue :
  
  | Chart (2008) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Albums (ARIA) | 5 |
  | Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 94 |
  