| Among the Ghosts | ||||
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| Released | August 3, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Phillips Recording | |||
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| Length | 40:54 | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| American Songwriter | [4] |
| Paste | 7.4/10 [5] |
Among the Ghosts is the tenth studio album by American country-punk band Lucero. It was released August 3, 2018 under Thirty Tigers. [6] [7]
The album was recorded live at Phillips Recording with producer Matt Ross-Spang. American actor Michael Shannon features on "Back to the Night". [6] The track "Loving" features on the 2016 film, Loving
Among the Ghosts was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 7 reviews. [3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 74 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 4 reviews. [1]
Mark Deming of AllMusic said the album "demonstrates how smart and versatile these guys can be; it's a brave and satisfying set that finds beauty and meaning in the valleys on the human experience." [2] Eric Danton from Paste said of the album: "The songs are full of minor-key acoustic guitars, moody electric flourishes and downhearted piano parts, augmented here and there with overdriven, but restrained, riffs." [5]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank |
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| American Songwriter | American Songwriter's Top 25 Albums of the Year | 16 [8] |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Among the Ghosts" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Bottom of the Sea" | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Everything Has Changed" | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Always Been You" | 4:12 |
| 5. | "Cover Me" | 4:11 |
| 6. | "To My Dearest Wife" | 3:49 |
| 7. | "Long Way Back Home" | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Loving" | 2:58 |
| 9. | "Back to the Night" (featuring Michael Shannon) | 4:12 |
| 10. | "For the Lonely Ones" | 2:53 |
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [9] | 9 |
| US Top Folk Albums ( Billboard ) [10] | 2 |
| US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [11] | 18 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums ( Billboard [12] | 2 |
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