Light in the Attic & Friends

Light in the Attic & Friends is a compilation album by the American record label Light in the Attic Records. The album collects from Light in the Attic's Cover Songs singles, a series of 7" singles featuring contemporary artists covering past Light in the Attic artists, as well as including a number of original recordings.^[2] The compilation was released digitally and on vinyl on November 24, 2023, with the vinyl release being exclusive to Record Store Day's Black Friday sale.

Light in the Attic & Friends
Compilation album by various artists
Released	November 24, 2023
Length	84:35
Label	Light in the Attic
Singles from Light in the Attic & Friends
"We Don't Run" Released: October 2, 2023 "How Could You Let Me Go" Released: November 10, 2023 "Blink" Released: November 17, 2023

Light in the Attic & Friends ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Times	[1]

Release

The album was first announced on October 2, 2023, with a release date set for November 24 by Light in the Attic Records.^[3] It released digitally and on vinyl, with the vinyl release being exclusive to Record Store Day's Black Friday sale.^[2] The two-disc release was pressed on "smash colored" vinyl.^[4] Its cover art was designed by British artist Sophy Hollington, and it came with a booklet of liner notes written by Lydia Hyslop.^[4]

The announcement came with its lead single, a cover of Willie Nelson's "We Don't Run" by the father-daughter duo of Ethan and Maya Hawke, which is the duo's first music release together.^[2] The second single, Vashti Bunyan and Devendra Banhart's cover of Madelynn Von Ritz's "How Could You Let Me Go", was released on November 10.^[5][6] The third single, Mary Lattimore's cover of Hiroshi Yoshimura's "Blink", was released on November 17.^[7]

Track listing

Light in the Attic & Friends track listing

No.	Title	Original artist	Length
1.	"I'll Slip Away" (Charles Bradley and The Menahan Street Band)	Sixto Rodriguez	3:32
2.	"After Laughter (Comes Tears)" (Sweet Tea)	Wendy Rene	3:31
3.	"How Could You Let Me Go" (Vashti Bunyan and Devendra Banhart)	Madelynn Von Ritz	4:11
4.	"We'll Understand" (Barbara Lynn)	The Supreme Jubilees	4:55
5.	"Key to Love Is Understanding" (BadBadNotGood featuring Jonah Yano)	The Majestics	5:49
6.	"If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up" (Iggy Pop and Zig Zags)	Betty Davis	3:59
7.	"Low Life" (Mozart Estate)	Public Image Ltd	3:27
8.	"Once I Was" (Leslie Winer and Maxwell Sterling)	Tim Buckley	3:51
9.	"We Don't Run" (Ethan and Maya Hawke)	Willie Nelson	3:40
10.	"Won't You Tell Your Dreams" (Gold Leaves)	Lee Hazlewood	3:19
11.	"The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea" (Swamp Dogg, John C. Reilly, Jenny Lewis, and Tim Heidecker)	The Louvin Brothers	3:29
12.	"You've Become a Habit" (Silas Short)	Leo Nocentelli	3:59
13.	"Honey Moon" (Mac DeMarco)	Haruomi Hosono	2:36
14.	"Send It On" (Cameron Bethany)	D'Angelo	6:07
15.	"Le chant des fauves" (Roedelius)	Tinariwen	6:51
16.	"Same Old Man" (Mark Lanegan)	Karen Dalton	2:47
17.	"Something on Your Mind" (Angel Olsen)	Karen Dalton	3:43
18.	"Blink" (Mary Lattimore)	Hiroshi Yoshimura	5:40
19.	"Plain as Your Eyes Can See" (Acetone)	Jim Sullivan	3:50
20.	"Rabbit Hills" (Steve Gunn and Bridget St John)	Michael Chapman	5:19
Total length:			84:35

Personnel

• John Baldwin – mastering engineer
• Sophy Hollington – cover art
• Lydia Hyslop – liner notes

See also

• "Flood's Guide to Record Store Day Black Friday 2023" by A.D. Amorosi, with a section on Light in the Attic & Friends