Sun Midnight Sun is the second solo album by American singer and fiddle player Sara Watkins. It was released on May 8, 2012, by Nonesuch Records.[2] It reached No. 11 on the Billboard Folk Chart and No. 16 on the Heatseekers chart.[3]

Sun Midnight Sun
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
StudioZeitgeist Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreBluegrass, folk
LabelNonesuch
ProducerBlake Mills
Sara Watkins chronology
Sara Watkins
(2009)
Sun Midnight Sun
(2012)
Young in All the Wrong Ways
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Telegraph[2]
The WrapFavorable [3]
American Songwriter[4]

Track listing

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  1. "The Foothills" (Sara Watkins, Blake Mills) – 1:22
  2. "You and Me" (Sara Watkins) – 3:23
  3. "You're the One I Love" (feat. Fiona Apple) (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) - 1:45
  4. "When It Pleases You" (Dan Wilson) – 6:50
  5. "Be There" (Watkins, Mills) – 3:50
  6. "I'm a Memory" (Willie Nelson, arr. Mills) – 3:56
  7. "Impossible" (Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Blake Mills) – 3:54
  8. "The Ward Accord" (Sara Watkins, Mills) – 3:21
  9. "Lock & Key" (Sara Watkins, Jenny Mannan, Mills) – 3:39
  10. "Take Up Your Spade" (Sara Watkins) – 3:26

Chart performance

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Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Folk[3] 11
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers[3] 17

Personnel

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Production

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  • Blake Mills – producer
  • Shawn Everett – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Jeri Helden – design
  • Aaron Redfield – photography

References

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  1. ^ "Sun Midnight Sun by Sara Watkins". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  2. ^ "Sun Midnight Sun". Nonesuch Records. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Sara Watkins- Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2013.