Album · Ray LaMontagne
Till the Sun Turns Black by Ray LaMontagne
Till the Sun Turns Black is an album by Ray LaMontagne, released in 2006. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Three More Days”, on 4 lists with a best position of #32.
Till the Sun Turns Black, Ray LaMontagne's second full-length and the follow-up to Trouble, came out on RCA on August 29, 2006. Ethan Johns produced it, and they cut it at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York, a fitting home for a record this hushed and bruised. The New Hampshire singer tends to draw comparisons to Otis Redding and Van Morrison, but here it's the Nick Drake and Tim Buckley side of him that wins out: slow, aching folk songs that take their time and let the silences hang.
"Empty" is the heart of it, spare and devastated, while "Three More Days" loosens its collar with a little soul strut. And it sold, moving 28,000 copies in its first week and landing in the Top 40, with the UK getting it the following June. Gossip in the Grain came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Till the Sun Turns Black on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three More Days | 4 | #32 | – | 2009–2018 | |
| 2 | Empty | 2 | #400 | – | 2009–2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.