title: What the Night Said
text: # What the Night Said
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | PopMatters | 9/10 |
  
  What the Night Said is the debut album from Will Stratton. It was recorded the summer after his senior year of high school in a small recording studio in Astoria, Queens, New York, but not released until two years later.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  The reception to the album was highly favorable. Allmusic has said that "Even though his songs seem to come from a nearly monkish vantage point of isolation, there is lifting beauty here, a need for connection, and breathtaking flights, swoops, and turns of melody." Evan Sawdey, for PopMatters, opined that Stratton, "ma[de] an album of songs that were custom-fitted for listening to at night," and that ultimately, "Stratton succeeds, and beautifully so."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Katydid" - 2:33
  * "So Ashamed" – 3:02
  * "Fireflies" – 2:48
  * "Night Will Come" – 3:45
  * "Lost the Fear" – 2:52
  * "I'd Hate to Leave You" – 2:58
  * "Sonnet" – 2:20
  * "Oh Quiet Night" – 2:19
  * "Sleepwalk" – 1:59
  * "Stay Awake" – 2:56
  * "Sunol" – 2:53
  * "I Don't Wanna Love" – 3:07
  
  ### Personnel
  
  * Will Stratton - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano, harpsichord, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass guitar, hand claps
  * Sufjan Stevens - oboe
  * Tony Rogers - violin, cello
  * Sam Deutsch - violin
  * Michael Trepagnier - hand claps
  * Kieran Kelly - drums
  