Ghosts Upon the Earth

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Ghosts Upon the Earth
Ghosts Upon the Earth - Gungor cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2011
Genre Contemporary Christian music
Label Brash
Gungor chronology
Beautiful Things
(2010)
Ghosts Upon the Earth
(2011)
I Am Mountain
(2013)

Ghosts Upon the Earth is the second album by Christian band Gungor and the seventh album self-produced by singer Michael Gungor. This album received a nomination at 54th Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. [1]

The tracks "Let There Be" and "Every Breath" feature the St. John's Boys' Choir [2] under the direction of Andre Heywood. [3]

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Track listing

  1. "Let There Be"
  2. "Brother Moon"
  3. "Crags and Clay"
  4. "The Fall"
  5. "When Death Dies"
  6. "Church Bells"
  7. "Wake Up Sleeper"
  8. "Ezekiel"
  9. "Vous Êtes Mon Cœur (You Are My Heart)"
  10. "This Is Not the End"
  11. "You Are the Beauty"
  12. "Every Breath"

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References

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