Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain is the fourth album by Sparklehorse. It was released on 25 September 2006.
Although it was Sparklehorse's first studio album in five years, approximately 25 minutes of the 55-minute-long record were released in some form previously. "Ghost in the Sky" was originally released on the Japanese pressing of It's a Wonderful Life. "Shade and Honey" was sung by the actor Allesandro Nivola in the 2002 fil...
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Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain is the fourth album by Sparklehorse. It was released on 25 September 2006.
Although it was Sparklehorse's first studio album in five years, approximately 25 minutes of the 55-minute-long record were released in some form previously. "Ghost in the Sky" was originally released on the Japanese pressing of It's a Wonderful Life. "Shade and Honey" was sung by the actor Allesandro Nivola in the 2002 film Laurel Canyon, and Nivola's version is also found on the soundtrack. "Morning Hollow" was previously found as the hidden bonus track on It's a Wonderful Life. The track "Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain" was originally released in 2001 under the title "Maxine" on both the LP version of It's a Wonderful Life and on the Gold Day EP.
"Ghost in the Sky", "Don't Take My Sunshine Away" and "Knives of Summertime" were released as singles in the weeks leading up to the release of the album.
Though the album garnered mostly positive...
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