Dimming of the Day

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"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] Thompson recorded an acoustic version for his 1996 solo album Acoustic Classics.^[2]

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

• The Corrs for their 2005 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 on her 1996 box set Portraits^[3]
• Alfie Boe from his 2013 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 [nl] recorded a version, as "As 't Dalijk Donker is", with lyrics in Brabantian dialect, on his 2006 CD Zicht
• Tom Jones recorded the song for his 2012 album Spirit in the Room
• Alison Krauss & Union Station on their 2011 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]}

• The Dawning of the Day

• "Richard Thompson performs Dimming of the Day (Live On Sound Opinions)" on YouTube (2014)