Letters to Ghosts

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Letters to Ghosts
Studio album by
Released18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)
Genre Americana, Roots Pop, Country
Length44:28
Label Furthest Point/Universal, Decca Records
Producer Lucie Silvas, John Osborne,Ian Fitchuk
Lucie Silvas chronology
The Same Side
(2006)
Letters to Ghosts
(2015)
E.G.O.
(2018)
Singles from Letters to Ghosts
  1. "Letters To Ghosts"
    Released: 24 July 2015
  2. "Villain"
    Released: 24 July 2015
  3. "Smoke"
    Released: 25 January 2017

Letters to Ghosts is the third studio album by British singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas. It was released on 18 September 2015 through Silvas' own record label, Furthest Point, via Caroline records and later released by Decca Records in 2016 following Silvas' signing with them. [1] [2]

Contents

It is the first album by Silvas since 2006 and signifies a musical change from the pop/adult contemporary of her previous releases to a more country/roots style following her move from the UK to Nashville, Tennessee.

The track "Find A Way" was subsequently recorded by Trisha Yearwood for her 2019 album Every Girl . Silvas provided backing vocals on Yearwood"s version.

Track listing

Letters To Ghosts [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Letters To Ghosts" Lucie Silvas, Jon Green3:27
2."Smoke"Silvas, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin 4:25
3."Find A Way"Silvas, Emery3:16
4."Roots"Silvas, Jamie Floyd5:11
5."Unbreakable Us"Silvas, Floyd, Jabe Beyer3:53
6."How To Lose It All"Silvas, Beyer, Ian Fitchuk3:18
7."Shame"Silvas, Beyer3:43
8."Pull The Stars Down"Silvas, Green, Fitchuk3:52
9."Villain"Silvas, Dave Barnes, Maren Morris 3:35
10."Happy"Silvas, Graham Kearns, Judie Tzuke 4:36
11."You Got It" Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison 5:32
Total length:44:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [4]

Release history

List of regions, release dates, formats, label and references
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Worldwide18 September 2015
  • CD
  • digital download
Furthest Point Records [1]
Worldwide2 September 2016
  • CD
  • digital download
Decca Records [2]

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