| Artist |
Iron & Wine |
| Album Title: |
Ghost On Ghost |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Soft Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
04/15/2013 |
| Label |
Nonesuch Records |
| Catalog No |
534456-2 |
| Bar Code No |
0 75597 95966 6 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Gatefold |
| Tracks |
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Caught In The Briars (3:12)
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| 2.
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The Desert Babbler (3:27)
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| 3.
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Joy (2:31)
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| 4.
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Low Light Buddy Of Mine (3:30)
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| 5.
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Grace For Saints And Ramblers (3:36)
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| 6.
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Grass Widows (2:53)
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| 7.
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Singers And The Endless Song (3:39)
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| 8.
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Sundown (Back In The Briars) (2:18)
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| 9.
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Winter Prayers (3:12)
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| 10.
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New Mexico's No Breeze (4:28)
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| 11.
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Lovers' Revolution (5:40)
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| 12.
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Baby Center Stage (5:39)
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| Date Acquired |
06/10/2013 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
9.99 |
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Notes |
Arranged By, Directed By [Musical Direction] – Rob Burger
Backing Vocals – Carla Cook, Josette Newsome
Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Briggan Krauss
Bass – Tony Garnier (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 12)
Bass [Ukulele] – Tony Scherr (tracks: 4)
Bells [Tubular] – Rob Burger (tracks: 10)
Celesta – Rob Burger (tracks: 5)
Cello – Anja Wood, Marika Hughes
Clavinet – Rob Burger (tracks: 4)
Double Bass [Upright] – Tony Scherr (tracks: 3, 8, 9)
Drums, Percussion – Brian Blade (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 11, 12), Kenny Wollesen (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Dulcimer [Hammered] – Rob Burger (tracks: 4)
Engineer – Neil Strauch
Engineer [Assistant] – Don Piper
Engineer [Mastering] – Richard Dodd
Guitar – Tony Scherr (tracks: 3)
Jew's Harp – Rob Burger (tracks: 4)
Pedal Steel Guitar – Paul Niehaus (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 12)
Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano, Organ – Rob Burger (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 11, 12)
Producer – Brian Deck
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Doug Wieselman
Trombone – Curtis Fowlkes
Trumpet, Cornet, Horn [Alto] – Steven Bernstein
Vibraphone [Bowed] – Kenny Wollesen (tracks: 9)
Violin – Maxim Moston
Violin, Viola – Entcho Todorov, Hiroko Taguchi
Written-By, Vocals, Guitar – Sam Beam
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nonesuch Records Inc.
Copyright ©) – Nonesuch Records Inc.
CD and booklet, packaged in a gatefold card stock sleeve.
Made in the U.S.A.
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Analyzed: Iron & Wine / Ghost on Ghost
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.04 dB -10.65 dB 3:12 01 - Caught in the Briars
DR8 -0.04 dB -11.23 dB 3:27 02 - The Desert Babbler
DR8 -0.04 dB -11.59 dB 2:31 03 - Joy
DR9 -0.04 dB -11.57 dB 3:30 04 - Low Light Buddy of Mine
DR8 -0.04 dB -9.12 dB 3:36 05 - Grace for Saints and Ramblers
DR8 -0.04 dB -11.29 dB 2:53 06 - Grass Widows
DR8 -0.04 dB -9.19 dB 3:39 07 - Singers and the Endless Song
DR10 -0.04 dB -12.93 dB 2:18 08 - Sundown (Back in the Briars)
DR7 -0.04 dB -11.09 dB 3:12 09 - Winter Prayers
DR7 -0.04 dB -8.96 dB 4:28 10 - New Mexico's No Breeze
DR8 -0.04 dB -11.46 dB 5:40 11 - Lovers' Revolution
DR9 -0.04 dB -11.71 dB 5:39 12 - Baby Center Stage
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 859 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Tim Sendra
After expanding his intimate indie folk sound about as far as it could go on the last Iron & Wine album, Kiss Each Other Clean, Sam Beam (and trusty producer Brian Deck) take a step back on Ghost on Ghost and deliver something less suited for large arenas and more late-night jazz club-sized. The arrangements on that album were stuffed with instruments and seemed built to reach the back row; this time there are still plenty of horns, violins, and female backing vocals in the mix, but they are employed with a much lighter touch. Working with jazz drummer Brian Blade and a standup bass and mixing together elements of country, jazz, indie rock, and soft rock, the album has a much more intimate feel that suits Beam's quietly soulful vocals much more naturally. It's still very slick and pro-sounding, but not to the point of distraction. It sounds like the work of two highly skilled craftsmen making the kind of album they should make, instead of guys trying to make something relevant and "big." Beam's songs this time are more diverse than usual; he delivers the kind of songs an Iron & Wine follower would expect, nocturnal and hushed confessionals (the echoing "Joy," "Winter Prayers") and cinematic ballads ("Baby Center Stage") that sound like they would have fit in well on the last couple albums. Balancing these against gritty and intense songs that seethe with barely controlled drama and emotion ("Grass Widows," "Lover's Revolution") and a couple almost happy-sounding uptempo tracks (like the rambling, very Belle & Sebastian-influenced "Grace for Saints and Ramblers") shows that Beam is really expanding the kind of songs he is writing and doing it with a large degree of success. Anyone who has been with I&W since the beginning might find it hard to believe they would ever record a song as lightly soulful and sweet as the almost jaunty "The Desert Babbler" or as easy on the ears as "New Mexico's No Breeze," which sounds like a dusty indie pop take on Seals & Crofts, or as musically complex as the very hooky "Caught in the Briars." Bringing the scale back down to something human while injecting some jazz and sunshine into the I&W sound proves to be a very good strategy for Beam, and it makes Ghost on Ghost one of the most satisfying albums the group has done to date.
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