Harpo's Ghost

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Harpo's Ghost
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Studio album by
Released21 August 2006
RecordedRiverside Studios, Somerset
The Chapel, Lincolnshire
Westside, London
Genre Rock, folk
Length49:25
Label Sanctuary
Producer Nigel Stonier
Thea Gilmore chronology
Loft Music
(2004)
Harpo's Ghost
(2006)
Liejacker
(2008)
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Harpo's Ghost is the seventh album by English singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore. It was released in August 2006 on Sanctuary Records. The album peaked at number 69 on the UK Albums Chart. [9]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Thea Gilmore, except where noted.

  1. "The Gambler" 4:28
  2. "Everybody's Numb" 3:46
  3. "Red White and Black" 4:12
  4. "Call Me Your Darling" 3:41
  5. "We Built a Monster" (Thea Gilmore, Mike Scott) 3:21
  6. "The List" 4:06
  7. "Going Down" 3:10
  8. "Whistle and Steam" (Thea Gilmore, Mike Scott, Nigel Stonier) 4:07
  9. "Cheap Tricks" 3:39
  10. "Contessa" 4:57
  11. "Slow Journey II"/"Play Until the Bottle's Gone" (Stonier) 9:38

Personnel

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