Only Ghosts

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Only Ghosts
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2016
Genre Stoner metal
Length40:57
Label Relapse
Producer Red Fang, Ross Robinson [1]
Red Fang chronology
Whales and Leeches
(2013)
Only Ghosts
(2016)
Arrows
(2021)
Singles from Only Ghosts
  1. "Flies"
    Released: July 13, 2016
  2. "Shadows"
    Released: September 19, 2016
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Only Ghosts is the third album by the American stoner metal band Red Fang, released in 2016 via Relapse Records. [6]

Contents

Track list

All tracks written by Red Fang.

No.TitleLength
1."Flies"3:37
2."Cut It Short"4:11
3."Flames"1:30
4."No Air"4:52
5."Shadows"3:11
6."Not for You"3:19
7."The Smell of the Sound"5:23
8."The Deep"4:27
9."I Am a Ghost"4:08
10."Living in Lye"6:19
Limited deluxe edition bonus track [7]
No.TitleLength
11."Feeder"6:40
Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks [8]
No.TitleLength
11."Dumb Guy" (instrumental)3:12
12."One Hit Two Hit" (instrumental)5:20

Personnel

Red Fang

Production

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