Midnight Sun (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger album)

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Midnight Sun
Midnight Sun (GOASTT album).jpg
Studio album by
the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
ReleasedApril 29, 2014
Genre Rock
Label Chimera Music
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger chronology
La Carotte Bleue
(2011)		Midnight Sun
(2014)

Midnight Sun is the second album by the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger. [1] [2] [3] The album was recorded on a farm belonging to Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME 8/10 [10]
PopMatters 8/10 [11]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Under the Radar 8/10 [14]
The 405 7/10 [15]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Midnight Sun received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 12 critic scores. [5] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone gave the album three and a half stars and said "This is a rock record, no apologies." [13] Al Horner of NME gave it four stars [10] PopMatters described it as "practically dripping of the hippy, dippy late '60s" and called it "a near perfect album." [16]

Track listing

  1. "Too Deep"
  2. "Xanadu"
  3. "Animals"
  4. "Johannesburg"
  5. "Midnight Sun"
  6. "Last Call"
  7. "Devil You Know"
  8. "Golden Earring"
  9. "Great Expectations"
  10. "Poor Paul Getty"
  11. "Don't Look Back Orpheus"
  12. "Moth to a Flame"

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Barnaby (May 28, 2014). "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: Midnight Sun". The Quietus . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ O'Neil, Luke (April 29, 2014). "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Midnight Sun". The Boston Globe . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Stream The GOASTT's Midnight Sun Album in Full". Mojo . April 28, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ Goodman, John (May 23, 2014). "The Goastt come together on North American tour". Vancouver Courier . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Midnight Sun by the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ Heaney, Greg. "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: Midnight Sun". AllMusic . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ Gill, Andy (April 24, 2014). "Album reviews: The Black Keys, Pixies, Jackson Browne, Imelda May, The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, Chris Garneau". The Independent . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  8. ↑ Bull, John Daniel (May 1, 2014). ""Midnight Sun"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ It's their immersion in multi-layered psychedelia that give Midnight Sun its compellingly ominous underpinning and complete two-sides-of-vinyl feel. [Jun 2014, p.91]
  10. 1 2 Horner, Al (May 9, 2014). "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger – Midnight Sun". NME . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  11. ↑ Houle, Zachary (May 15, 2014). "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: Midnight Sun". PopMatters . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  12. ↑ Rathbone, Oregano (May 14, 2014). "Midnight Sun - The Ghost Of A Sabre Tooth Tiger". Record Collector . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  13. 1 2 Hermes, Will (April 29, 2014). "Midnight Sun". Rolling Stone . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  14. ↑ It's been worth the wait. [Jun/Jul 2014, p.92]
  15. ↑ Leorne, Ana (April 22, 2014). "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Midnight Sun". The 405 . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  16. ↑ Houle, Zachary (May 14, 2014). "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: Midnight Sun". PopMatters . Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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