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
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)

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.	Title	Original artist	Length
1.	"Endlessly" (from Absolution)	Muse	3:59
2.	"No One's Gonna Love You" (from Cease to Begin)	Band of Horses	3:41
3.	"Oxygen" (from Where the Humans Eat)	Willy Mason	4:15
4.	"Today" (from Surrealistic Pillow)	Jefferson Airplane	3:22
5.	"Intervention" (from Neon Bible)	Arcade Fire	4:19
6.	"With Twilight As My Guide" (from Octahedron)	The Mars Volta	5:33
7.	"Mad World" (from The Hurting)	Tears for Fears	3:53
8.	"In Your Eyes" (from So)	Peter Gabriel	5:01
9.	"Stepping Stone" (from Rockferry)	Duffy	3:26
10.	"Soul Meets Body" (from Plans)	Death Cab for Cutie	3:11
11.	"Hallelujah" (from Various Positions)	Leonard Cohen	7:39
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, Rachelle Fleming – 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. "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.

External links

• Renée Fleming: Dark Hope
• "Opera Star Renée Fleming Takes on Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie on 'Dark Hope'" by Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone (25 February 2010)
• Renee Fleming – Dark Hope trailer on YouTube
• Dark Hope at AllMusic
• Dark Hope at MusicBrainz (list of releases)