Language English Artist Sun Kil Moon Producer Mark Kozelek | Ghosts of the Great Highway
(2003) Tiny Cities
(2005) Release date 4 November 2003 Label Jetset Records | |
 | ||
Released November 4, 2003
February 6, 2007 (re-issue) Length 58:12 (album)
21:15 (bonus disc) Genres Folk rock, Alternative rock, Indie folk Similar Sun Kil Moon albums, Folk rock albums | ||
Sun kil moon ghosts of the great highway 2003
Ghosts of the Great Highway is the debut album by San Francisco quartet Sun Kil Moon, led by Red House Painters' founder Mark Kozelek, who composed all of the lyrics and music on this album. The other members are Anthony Koutsos (former drummer for Red House Painters), Geoff Stanfield, and Tim Mooney.
Contents
- Sun kil moon ghosts of the great highway 2003
- Sun kil moon glenn tipton sons of anarchy hd
- Reception
- Track listing
- Singles
- Songs
- References
Three of the album's songs are named after boxers, following on from "Find Me, Ruben Olivares" from Kozelek's debut solo EP Rock 'n' Roll Singer. The band name is also a pun on the Korean boxer Sung-Kil Moon. The opening number is named after Judas Priest guitarist, Glenn Tipton.
Ghosts of the Great Highway was re-issued as a double CD on February 6, 2007 on Kozelek's own label, Caldo Verde Records. The second disc features 6 bonus tracks, including two versions of Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere," and the instrumental track "Arrival," which was originally recorded for the movie The Girl Next Door. The songs "Carry Me Ohio" and "Lily and Parrots" were featured in the film Shopgirl, where Kozelek also co-starred.
The song "Carry Me Ohio" was listed at #462 on Pitchfork Media's Top 500 Songs of the 2000s list.
Sun kil moon glenn tipton sons of anarchy hd
Reception
Upon its release, Ghosts of the Great Highway received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album has received a metascore of 84, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."
Track listing
All tracks written by Mark Kozelek, except where noted.
Singles
Songs
1Glenn Tipton4:17
2Carry Me Ohio6:21
3Salvador Sanchez6:30