Ghost Culture

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Ghost Culture
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Studio album by
Ghost Culture
Released5 January 2015
RecordedPhantasy Sound Studios, London
Genre Alternative, electronic
Length43:56
Label Phantasy Sound
Producer James Greenwood
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound B [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork Media 7.1/10.0 [5]
The Quietus (favourable) [6]

Ghost Culture is the debut studio album released by electronic musician James Greenwood under the name Ghost Culture. It was released on 12 January 2015 through Phantasy Sound, distributed through Because Music. [7] Greenwood stated that his album was influenced by David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars", "Construction Time Again" by Depeche Mode and "Fear of Music" by Talking Heads. [8] Upon release, it reached No. 20 on the Independent Album Breakers chart. [9] It was released to largely favourable reviews. [1] The album was selected as Rough Trade record of the month in January 2015. [10]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Greenwood

No.TitleLength
1."Mouth"6:08
2."Giudecca"4:12
3."Arms"3:41
4."How"3:11
5."Glass"4:03
6."Glaciers"3:48
7."Lying"2:56
8."Lucky"5:16
9."Answer"6:20
10."The Fog"4:11

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