Dark Shades of Blue
# Dark Shades of Blue

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Crawdaddy! | (favourable) |
| Honest Tune | {favourable} |

Dark Shades of Blue is the fifth studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, which was released on 16 August 2008. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Xavier Rudd.

## Personnel

* Joe Barresi – mixing
* Carmel Echols – choir, chorus
* Rob Giles – choir, chorus
* Jimmy Hoyson – engineer, vocal engineer
* Clydene Jackson – choir, chorus
* James Looker – engineer, production assistant, photography, instrument technician
* Gavin Lurssen – mastering
* Anthony Lycenko – assistant engineer
* Banula Marika – vocals, vocals (background)
* Xavier Rudd – organ, guitar (acoustic), bass, guitar (electric), vocals, producer, slide guitar, stomp box, guitar (12-string acoustic)
* Paul "Scooby" Smith – assistant engineer
* Oren Waters – choir, chorus
* Wil Wheaton – choir, chorus
* Maxine Willard – Waters choir, chorus

## Charts

Chart performance for Dark Shades of Blue :

| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 5 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 94 |
