History

Last Night was recorded during a particularly low point in His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive is an experimental rock band/project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label...

's long career. Due to the changes in the band and at their label, 4AD

4AD

4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...

, in the last few years, the album was recorded knowing that it would be their last for 4AD. (See the articles for Ft. Lake

Ft. Lake

-History:Work on Ft. Lake began shortly after completion of the Nice Day EP, with the same newly-stable lineup of leader Warren Defever on guitar, Chad Gilchrist on bass, Trey Many on drums, and vocalists Karin Oliver and Lovetta Pippen...

 and Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth

Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth

Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth is an album by His Name Is Alive, released by 4AD in 2001.-History:Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth marked a huge change in the sound of His Name Is Alive, and is a controversial record among some of the band's fans...

 for more details on these changes.) Recorded quickly (a rarity for the band) over a couple of months in the summer of 2001, its release was delayed by the label until November 2002. This was partly because the label had also delayed the release of Someday... for a year. In fact, Last Night was completed before Someday... was even released.

Due to these circumstances, and that many long-time fans were simply losing interest in the direction both HNIA and 4AD were taking, Last Night was somewhat ignored by the buying public. The album received uniformly favorable reviews, and was more similar in sound to previous releases than Someday... was, but it still failed to generate much interest or sales. Band leader Warren Defever

Warren Defever

Warren Defever is a musician and producer from Livonia, Michigan. He is most known for his chameleonic project His Name Is Alive, though he is active in numerous other circles...

stated in an interview around the time of the album's release that it could possibly be the final HNIA albumhttp://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/hniaiw.htm, although that did not turn out to be the case.

Track listing

1. Deep (1:02)
2. Last Night (8:11)
3. Crawlin' (3:33)
4. Teardrops (3:22)
5. Devil's Night (3:35)
6. I Been Good up Till Now (3:14)
7. I Have Special Powers (6:07)
8. Do You Want to Come to My Party (1:17)
9. Someday My Prince Will Come (11:12)
10. I Can See Myself in Her (4:32)
11. Maybe (5:36)
12. Storm (4:27)
13. Train (7:20)