Lama Rabi Rabi

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Lama Rabi Rabi
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 10, 1996
Recorded1996
Genre Neo-psychedelia
Experimental rock
Psychedelic folk
Length59:25
Label Drag City
Producer Taishi Takizawa
Ghost chronology
Temple Stone
(1994)
Lama Rabi Rabi
(1996)
Snuffbox Immanence
(1999)

Lama Rabi Rabi is an album by the band Ghost. [1] [2] Drag City released the album in 1996, the first time a Ghost album had been issued by an American label. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin 8/10 [5]

The Austin Chronicle wrote: "Highlights include the acid-psych mantra 'Rabirabi' and the fleeting, phantasmal folk of 'Into the Alley', eclipsed only by 11-minute crescendo 'Agate Scape'." [6] Spin noted that "you can hear psychedelia, vocals fed through a megaphone, a folk tune interrupted by studio phasing, even hints of a power ballad." [5] The Staten Island Advance determined that "whirling, chant-driven, progressive-rockers lead way to a beautifully rolling folk-rock, recalling an amalgamation of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Incredible String Band, Flying Saucer Attacks and Pink Floyd." [7]

AllMusic wrote that "the lengthy, fascinating 'Mastillah' starts Lama on a striking high, with a series of percussive instruments meshed with acoustic drones and low, wordless mantras, leading to a steady rhythm pace." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Masttillah" - 8:03
  2. "RabiRabi" - 7:32
  3. "Into the Alley" - 4:37
  4. "Marrakech" - 5:18
  5. "Who Found a Lost Rose in the Warship?" - 3:11
  6. "Mex Square Blue" - 4:14
  7. "My Hump is a Shell" - 1:44
  8. "Bad Bone" - 4:17
  9. "Abyssinia" - 3:36
  10. "Agate Scape" - 10:49
  11. "Summer's Ashen Fable" - 6:04

Personnel

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