Late Night Tales
Late Night Tales and its predecessor Another Late Night are the names of two related series of artist curated compilation albums released under the Azuli Records in the UK until 2009 when the independent record label Night Time Stories took over the series. Both series were started by the author A.W. Wilde. The tracks on the albums are selected and mixed by a diverse selection of artists asked by Late Night Tales to create the ultimate late night mix. Many of the albums end with a story track, read by famous English performers including Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Self, Brian Blessed and Patrick Moore. With the exception of Jamiroquai, Air and Bill Brewster's contributions, each release includes a cover version recorded by the artist.
The series has been met with critical acclaim, with GQ Magazine praising Late Night Tales as "The Rolls Royce of compilations". 2011 saw the label celebrate their 10th anniversary with a box set including all albums to date. Friendly Fires' compilation released in November 2012 marked the 30th in the series.
Albums
Album information | Artist | Release date | Cat no. | Singles |
Fila Brazillia | 19 February 2001 | ALNCD01 | "Nature Boy" | |
Howie B | 24 July 2001 | ALNCD02 | "Under the Boardwalk" | |
Rae & Christian | 1 March 2001 | ALNCD03 | "Flashlight" | |
Zero 7 | 18 February 2002 | ALNCD04 | "Truths and Rights" | |
Groove Armada | 3 June 2002 | ALNCD05 | "Fly Me to the Moon" | |
Tommy Guerrero | 23 September 2002 | ALNCD06 | "Come Together" | |
Kid Loco | 10 February 2003 | ALNCD07 | "Paralysed" | |
Nightmares on Wax | 12 May 2003 | ALNCD08 | "Brothers on the Slide" | |
Sly & Robbie | 14 July 2003 | ALNCD09 | "La Isla Bonita" | |
Jamiroquai | 10 November 2003 | ALNCD10 | – | |
Turin Brakes | 16 February 2004 | ALNCD11 | "Moonlight Mile" | |
Four Tet | 4 October 2004 | ALNCD12 | "Castles Made of Sand" | |
The Flaming Lips | 7 March 2005 | ALNCD13 | "Seven Nation Army" | |
Belle & Sebastian | 27 February 2006 | ALNCD14 | "Casaco Marron" | |
Air | 11 September 2006 | ALNCD15 | – | |
aka Shrigley Forced to Speak with Others | David Shrigley | 23 October 2006 | ALNCD16 | – |
Nouvelle Vague | 5 February 2007 | ALNCD17 | "Come On Eileen" | |
Lindstrøm | 9 July 2007 | ALNCD18 | "Let It Happen" | |
Fatboy Slim | 15 October 2007 | ALNCD19 | "Radioactivity" | |
Groove Armada | 10 March 2008 | ALNCD20 | "Are "Friends" Electric?" | |
Arctic Monkeys | 27 October 2008 | ALNCD21 | Matt Helders – "Dreamer" + Alex Turner – "A Choice of Three" | |
Snow Patrol | 28 September 2009 | ALNCD23 | "New Sensation" | |
The Cinematic Orchestra | 5 April 2010 | ALNCD22 | "Talking About Freedom" feat. Fontella Bass | |
Midlake | 28 March 2011 | ALNCD24 | "Am I Going Insane" | |
Trentemøller | 30 May 2011 | ALNCD25 | "Blue Hotel" | |
MGMT | 3 October 2011 | ALNCD26 | "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" | |
Belle and Sebastian | 26 March 2012 | ALNCD27 | "Crash" | |
Tom Findlay | 11 June 2012 | ALNCD28 | "How Long" | |
Metronomy | 3 September 2012 | ALNCD29 | "Hypnose" | |
Friendly Fires | 5 November 2012 | ALNCD30 | "Why Don't You Answer?" | |
Late Night Tales Presents After Dark | Bill Brewster | 5 May 2013 | ALNCD31 | – |
Röyksopp | 14 June 2013 | ALNCD32 | "Ice Machine" | |
Bonobo | 17 November 2013 | ALNCD34 | "Get Thy Bearings" | |
Django Django | 11 May 2014 | ALNCD35 | "Porpoise Song" | |
Bill Brewster | 6 July 2014 | ALNCD36 | – | |
Franz Ferdinand | 15 September 2014 | ALNCD37 | "Leaving My Old Life Behind" | |
Late Night Tales presents Automatic Soul | Tom Findlay | 3 November 2014 | ALNCD38 | "Don't Look Any Further" |
Jon Hopkins | 2 March 2015 | ALNCD39 | "I Remember" | |
Bill Brewster | 11 May 2015 | ALNCD41 | – | |
Nils Frahm | 11 September 2015 | ALNCD42 | "4:33" | |
Late Night Tales presents Sasha : Scene Delete | Sasha | 1 April 2016 | ALNCD43 | – |
Ólafur Arnalds | 24 June 2016 | ALNCD44 | "Say My Name" | |
David Holmes | 21 October 2016 | ALNCD45 | "I'm Not in Love" | |
BadBadNotGood | 28 July 2017 | ALNCD46 | "To You" | |
Agnes Obel | 25 May 2018 | ALNLP49 | "Poem About Death" | |
Floating Points | 29 March 2019 | ALNLP52 | "Sweet Time Suite Opening " |