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

Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined
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
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork Media	(6.6/10)
Stylus	(C)

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

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