Proof Through the Night is a 1983 album

Album

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 by T-Bone Burnett

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. Proof Through the Night was not available on CD for many years, though some tracks (most of them heavily remixed) appeared on the 20/20

Twenty Twenty - The Essential T-Bone Burnett

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career compilation in May 2006. Rhino Handmade issued a CD version of the album on March 27, 2007, which also includes the Trap Door

Trap Door (EP)

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and Beyond The Trap Door EPs

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

. The double CD was issued in a numbered limited edition of 5,000. A cover of the Hank Williams (as Luke the Drifter) song "Be Careful of Stones That You Throw," recorded during an early session for the album, is also included on the CD.

Side one

1. "The Murder Weapon"
2. "Fatally Beautiful"
3. "After All These Years"
4. "Baby Fall Down"
5. "The Sixties"

Side two

1. "Stunned"
2. "Pressure"
3. "Hula Hoop"
4. "When the Night Falls"
5. "Hefner and Disney"
6. "Shut it Tight"

Personnel

• T-Bone Burnett – vocals, guitar
• David Mansfield
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   – guitar
• David Miner
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   – bass
• Jerry Marotta
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   – drums
• Ry Cooder
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   on "When the Night Falls" – guitar
• Stan Lynch
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   – drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals
• Mick Ronson
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   – guitar
• Richard Thompson – guitar
• Pete Townshend
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  – guitar
• Masakuzu Yoshizawa
• The Williams Brothers – vocals

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Billboard Pop Albums	188