Dimming of the Day

"Dimming of the Day"
"Dimming of the Day"
Song by Richard and Linda Thompson
from the album Pour Down Like Silver
Released	November 1975
Recorded	1975
Studio	Sound Techniques, London
Genre	British folk rock
Length	7:16
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Richard Thompson
Producer(s)	Richard Thompson and John Wood

"Dimming of the Day" is a song written by Richard Thompson and performed with his then-wife Linda Thompson on their 1975 album Pour Down Like Silver.^[1] Acoustic version can be found on Richard Thompson's 1996 album Acoustic Classics.

Covers

Dimming of the Day has been covered by, amongst other artists:

The Corrs for their Irish-themed fifth studio album Home
Bonnie Raitt on her 1994 album Longing in Their Hearts
Mary Black on her 1991 album Babes In The Wood
Emmylou Harris
Alfie Boe from his album Trust, featuring Shawn Colvin
The Blind Boys of Alabama
The song also featured, performed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, in John Sayles' 1999 film Limbo
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour played the song in 2002 at his semi-acoustic shows in London's Royal Festival Hall; it was released on his David Gilmour in Concert DVD where he introduces the song: "This one's got nothing whatsoever to do with me but I like it. It's by Richard Thompson and it's called Dimming of the Day."
The Dutch musician Gerard van Maasakkers recorded a version with a text in Brabantine, a Dutch dialect, As 't Dalijk Donker is (on his CD Zicht, 2006)
Tom Jones performed the song in a concert broadcast by BBC4 and also on his 2012 album Spirit in the Room
Alison Krauss & Union Station on their album Paper Airplane
A new duet version is on the debut album of singer-actress Anastasia Barzee, and the album takes the name of this song^{[citation needed]}