title: Blood from Stars
text: # Blood from Stars
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 77/100 |
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  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
  
  * Produced by Joe Henry
  * Recorded and mixed by Ryan Freeland at The Garfield House, South Pasadena, CA
  * Engineering assistance provided by Julian Cubillos
  * Additional recording by Kevin Killen at Avatar Studios, New York, NY, March 21, 2009
  * Musicians:
     * Joe Henry – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
     * Jay Bellerose – drums and percussion
     * Keefus Ciancia – keyboards, piano and vibraphone
     * Levon Henry - tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet
     * David Piltch – electric bass and editorial guidance
     * Marc Ribot - electric, acoustic and gut-string guitar, bowed banjo and coronet
     * Patrick Warren – upright and tack piano, field organ and keyboards
  * Special guests:
     * Jennifer Condos – electric bass on "Stars"
     * Mark Hatch – flugelhorn on "Progress of Love"
     * Marc Anthony Thompson – additional vocals
     * Jason Moran - piano on "Prelude"
  * Photographs by W. Eugene Smith
  * Design by Anabel Sinn
  
  ## Cover version
  
  In 2012, Tom Jones released a recording of "All Blues Hail Mary" on his studio album, Spirit in the Room.
  
  