Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined

2004 studio album by Mono

Studio album by

Mono

Released

April 14, 2004

Recorded

Chicago, Illinois

Length

58:25

Label

Temporary Residence Limited

Producer

Steve Albini

Mono chronology

New York Soundtracks
(2004)

Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined
(2004)

Mono/Pelican
(2005)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	62/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(6.6/10) ^[3]
Stylus	(C) ^[4]

Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined is an album by Mono, released in 2004.^[5]

The album comes with origami paper and instructions on how to fold a paper crane, a reference to the last track on the album: "A Thousand Paper Cranes".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"16.12"	10:57
2.	"Mere Your Pathetique Light"	6:36
3.	"Halcyon (Beautiful Days)"	8:09
4.	"2 Candles, 1 Wish"	2:47
5.	"Ode"	7:06
6.	"The Sky Remains the Same as Ever"	2:27
7.	"Lost Snow"	15:12
8.	"A Thousand Paper Cranes"	5:11

Personnel

Mono

Takaakira "Taka" Goto – lead guitar, string arrangements
Yoda (Hideki Suematsu) – rhythm guitar
Tamaki Kunishi – bass
Yasunori Takada – drums

Additional musicians

Inger Peterson Carle – violin
Susan Voelz – violin
Vannia Phillips – viola (tracks 2–3)
John Sagos – viola (track 4)
Alison Chesley – cello
Udai Shika – string arrangements

Technical

Steve Albini – engineer, mixer
John Golden – masterer

References

^ "Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined by Mono". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
^ Jurek, Thom. Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined at AllMusic
^ Pitchfork Media reviewNovember 23, 2004 Archived April 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Stylus review April 30, 2004". Stylusmagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ "Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined at Amazon". Amazon. Retrieved 26 October 2011.