The Blackened Air

The Blackened Air
Studio album by Nina Nastasia
Released	April 9, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Alternative rock, folk, chamber music
Length	43:45
Label	Touch and Go Records
Producer	Steve Albini
Nina Nastasia chronology
Dogs (2000) The Blackened Air (2002) Run to Ruin (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	(7.8/10)[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]

The Blackened Air is the second album by American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. It was released in 2002 by Touch and Go Records.^[4] The album was recorded almost completely live, with the band set up in a semi-circle in one corner of the studio, over a six-day period in 2001 at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago.^[5] The final track, "That's All There Is", was held over from sessions for her debut, Dogs.

Track listing

All songs written by Nina Nastasia.

1. "Run, All You…" – 1:39
2. "I Go With Him" – 1:54
3. "This Is What It Is" – 4:17
4. "Oh, My Stars" – 3:08
5. "All for You" – 1:27
6. "So Little" – 3:27
7. "Desert Fly" – 2:03
8. "Ugly Face" – 4:10
9. "In the Graveyard" – 3:12
10. "Ocean" – 5:59
11. "Rosemary" – 1:49
12. "The Same Day" – 2:15
13. "Been So Long" – 1:29
14. "The Very Next Day" – 0:33
15. "Little Angel" – 1:57
16. "That's All There Is" – 4:26

Credits and personnel

Musicians^[4]

• Nina Nastasia – guitar, vocals
• Jay Bellerose – drums
• Joshua Carlebach – accordion
• Stephen Day – cello
• Gerry Leonard – guitar, mandolin
• Gonzalo Munoz – saw
• Dave Richards – bass
• Dylan Willemsa – violin
• Peter Yanowitz – drums on "That's All There Is"

Production^[6]

• Steve Albini – engineering
• Kennan Gudjonsson – artwork, mastering, package design
• Steve Rooke – mastering

References