Dark Hope

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

Dark Hope
Studio album by
Renée Fleming
Released8 June 2010
GenreIndie rock
Length48:19
LabelDecca Records
Cat. No.: B0014186-02
ProducerDavid Kahne
Renée Fleming chronology
Verismo
(2009)		 Dark Hope
(2010)		 Poèmes
(2012)

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

Charts
Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 68
French Albums (SNEP)[4] 105
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[5] 21
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[6] 73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 59
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 92
US Billboard 200[9] 150
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[10] 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
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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. "Austriancharts.at – RENÉE FLEMING – Dark Hope" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  4. "Lescharts.com – RENÉE FLEMING – Dark Hope". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  5. "Portuguesecharts.com – RENÉE FLEMING – Dark Hope". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  6. "Spanishcharts.com – RENÉE FLEMING – Dark Hope". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  7. "Swedishcharts.com – RENÉE FLEMING – Dark Hope". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  9. "Renee Fleming Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  10. "Renee Fleming Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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