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Ghost Tropic

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Artists
  
Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia

Producer
  
Mike Mogis

Genre
  
Indie rock

Release date
  
13 November 2000

Label
  
Secretly Canadian


Released
  
November 13, 2000 (2000-11-13)

Ghost Tropic (2000)
  
Mi Sei Apparso Come Un Fantasma (2001)

Similar
  
Songs: Ohia albums, Indie rock albums

Songs ohia ghost tropic full album


Ghost Tropic is the fifth regular studio album by Songs: Ohia. It was recorded by Mike Mogis at Dead Space Recording Studio in Lincoln, Nebraska. The album's name refers to two short instrumentals that are surrounded by six vocal tracks of at least five and up to twelve minutes length. The reviews noted the somber and dark mood permeating the album. According to Pitchfork Media, "Ghost Tropic (...) sounds as though it were recorded live in a haunted hut somewhere in an Ecuadorian rainforest. At night." Allmusic was less sanguine: "Everything moves as slowly as a three-legged dog, and anyone neither patient enough nor attuned to Molina's style of songcraft (imagine Neil Young doing very mellow gypsy folk music) might very well be put to sleep."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lightning Risked It All" – 5:39
  2. "The Body Burned Away" – 5:35
  3. "No Limits on the Words" – 5:21
  4. "Ghost Tropic" – 2:36
  5. "Ocean's Nerves" – 5:03
  6. "Not Just a Ghost's Heart" – 12:02
  7. "Ghost Tropic" – 3:09
  8. "Incantation" – 11:53

Recording information

  • Jason Molina
  • Shane Aspegren
  • Mike Mogis
  • Alasdair Roberts
  • Songs by Jason Molina
  • Recorded by Mike Mogis
  • Songs

    Lightning Risked It All5:40
    The Body Burned Away5:35
    No Limit on the Words5:21

    References

    Ghost Tropic Wikipedia