Ghost People

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Ghost People
Ghost People.jpg
Studio album by
Martyn
ReleasedOctober 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)
Genre Electronic
Length46:12
Label Brainfeeder
Producer Martyn
Martyn chronology
Great Lengths
(2009)		Ghost People
(2011)		The Air Between Words
(2014)
Singles from Ghost People
  1. "Masks / Viper"
    Released: 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
BBC favorable [3]
Clash 8/10 [4]
Dusted Magazinefavorable [5]
Exclaim! favorable [6]
Fact 3/5 [7]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [8]
Resident Advisor Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Ghost People is the second studio album by Martyn. It was released on Brainfeeder on October 10, 2011. [11] It peaked at number 32 on the UK Dance Albums Chart. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Daniel Sylvester of Exclaim! commented that "Martyn has done an excellent job giving each track its own distinctive character". [6] Ben Donnelly of Dusted Magazine described the album as "a dance record unconcerned with pop songs or headphone dynamics". [5] Matthew Bennett of BBC concluded in his review that: "From his eulogy of Detroit strings and deep beats, to London's ambiguous constant reinvention of bass culture, these are tracks that will hold their own in any city with DJs operating at the forefront of the shifting beat." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Love and Machines" (featuring The Spaceape)1:53
2."Viper"2:38
3."Masks"4:58
4."Distortions"4:56
5."Popgun"5:38
6."I Saw You at Tule Lake"1:08
7."Ghost People"4:32
8."Twice As"4:06
9."Bauplan"3:42
10."Horror Vacui"4:04
11."We Are You in the Future"8:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [12] 32

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References

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  2. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Ghost People - Martyn". AllMusic . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Bennett, Matthew (October 10, 2011). "Martyn - Ghost People - Review". BBC . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Matt (October 3, 2010). "Martyn - Ghost People". Clash . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Donnelly, Ben (October 19, 2010). "Dusted Reviews: Martyn - Ghost People". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  6. 1 2 Sylvester, Daniel (October 11, 2011). "Martyn - Ghost People". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ Campbell, Chris (October 18, 2011). "Martyn: Ghost People". Fact . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ Patrin, Nate (October 7, 2011). "Martyn: Ghost People". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (October 31, 2011). "RA Reviews: Martyn - Ghost People". Resident Advisor . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  10. ↑ Philp, Ray (September 22, 2011). "Martyn - Ghost People". The Skinny . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  11. ↑ Lynch, Will (July 27, 2011). "Martyn unveils Ghost People". Resident Advisor . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 16 October 2011 - 22 October 2011". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
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