Dark Hope

Dark Hope
Studio album by Renée Fleming
Released 8 June 2010
Genre Indie rock
Length 48:19
Label Decca Records
Cat. No.: B0014186-02
Producer David Kahne
Renée Fleming chronology
Verismo
(2009)
Dark Hope
(2010)
Poèmes
(2012)

Dark Hope is a 2010 album of indie rock titles sung by opera soprano Renée Fleming.

The album was the idea of Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein; after listening to Fleming's performance of "In the Pines" on Elvis Costello's TV show Spectacle, they approached Fleming and producer David Kahne.[1] The aim was not to produce a typical crossover album, but a collection of songs sung without any hint of operatic vocal strength.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."Endlessly" (from Absolution)Muse3:59
2."No One's Gonna Love You"Band of Horses3:41
3."Oxygen" (from Where the Humans Eat)Willy Mason4:15
4."Today"Jefferson Airplane3:22
5."Intervention"Arcade Fire4:19
6."With Twilight As My Guide" (from Octahedron)The Mars Volta5:33
7."Mad World"Tears for Fears3:53
8."In Your Eyes"Peter Gabriel5:01
9."Stepping Stone"Duffy3:26
10."Soul Meets Body"Death Cab for Cutie3:11
11."Hallelujah"Leonard Cohen7:39
Total length:48:19

Chart performance

Chart
(2010)
Peak
position
Weeks
on chart
Austria[3] 68 1
France[3] 105 4
Greece[3] 12 2
Portugal[3] 21 1
Spain[3] 73 1
Sweden[3] 59 1

Credits

Performance credits

  • Rusty Anderson, Nick Valensi – guitar
  • David Kahne – bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Will Lee – bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Jesse Mills, Cyrus Beroukhin – violin
  • Dov Scheindlin, William Hakim – viola
  • Wendy Sutter – cello
  • Alexis Pia Gerlach – cello
  • Amelia Ross, Sage Ross (Fleming's daughters), Rachelle Fleming (Renée's sister) – background vocals
  • Mike Rossi – conductor

Technical credits

  • Roy Hendrickson – engineer
  • David Kahne – arranger, programming, producer, engineer
  • Rebecca Meek – art direction

References

  1. "Renée Fleming rocks out on Dark Hope" by Kevin Berger, Los Angeles Times (6 June 2010)
  2. "Renée Fleming: Diva goes to the dark side" by Peter Conrad, The Guardian (28 March 2010)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "RENÉE FLEMING - DARK HOPE (ALBUM)". Swedishcharts.com. (Also with chart information for other countries.)
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