Living with Ghosts

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Living with Ghosts
Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 21, 1996
Genre Folk
Length41:50
Label A&M
Producer Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin chronology
Living with Ghosts
(1996)
Flaming Red
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B [2]

Living with Ghosts is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin. [3] It was released on May 21, 1996, by A&M Records. [4] According to Billboard , it is Griffin's best-selling album and had sold over 222,000 copies in the United States as of January 2010. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Patty Griffin

No.TitleLength
1."Moses"3:28
2."Let Him Fly"3:11
3."Every Little Bit"5:33
4."Time Will Do the Talking"3:54
5."Mad Mission"2:40
6."Poor Man's House"4:26
7."Forgiveness"5:00
8."You Never Get What You Want"3:42
9."Sweet Lorraine"5:24
10."Not Alone"4:32

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. Cater, Darryl. "Living With Ghosts". AllMusic . Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  2. Hajari, Nisid (May 31, 1996). "Living With Ghosts". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on March 25, 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  3. Orr, Jay (24 May 1996). "Music City: Summer Lights shine with acts on the brink of stardom". Nashville Banner. p. C1.
  4. Lanham, Tom (Jul 1996). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 35. p. 39.
  5. Ayers, Michael D. (January 8, 2010). "Patty Griffin ventures into gospel with new album". Billboard . Reuters . Retrieved January 9, 2010.