A total of 31 exclusive tracks have been recorded for the compilation and will benefit the Red Hot Organization – an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS.

Dark Was The Night began three years ago with a casual conversation between Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National and John Carlin. As Aaron and Bryce started inviting their peers to contribute, their intuition about the pro-social disposition of so many of them was confirmed. As a result, 31 exclusive tracks were recorded.

1. Knotty Pine – Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
2. Cello Song – The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
3. Train Song – Feist + Ben Gibbard
4. Brackett, WI – Bon Iver
5. Deep Blue Sea – Grizzly Bear
6. So Far Around The Bend – The National
7. Tightrope – Yeasayer
8. Feeling Good – My Brightest Diamond
9. Dark Was The Night – Kronos Quartet
10. I Was Young When I Left Home – Antony + Bryce Dessner
11. Big Red Machine – Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
12. Sleepless – The Decemberists
13. Die – Iron & Wine
14. Service Bell – Grizzly Bear + Feist
15. You Are The Blood – Sufjan Stevens

1. Well-Alright – Spoon
2. Lenin – Arcade Fire
3. Mimizan – Beirut
4. El Caporal – My Morning Jacket
5. Inspiration Information – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
6. With A Girl Like You – David Sitek
7. Blood Pt 2 – Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
8. Hey, Snow White – The New Pornographers
9. Gentle Hour – Yo La Tengo
10. Another Saturday – Stuart Murdoch
11. Happiness – Riceboy Sleeps
12. Amazing Grace – Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
13. The Giant Of Illinois – Andrew Bird
14. Lua – Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch
15. When The Road Runs Out – Blonde Redhead + Devastations
16. Love vs. Porn – Kevin Drew