| Phantom Moon | ||||
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| Released | February 27, 2001 | |||
| Length | 53:49 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | Duncan Sheik | |||
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| Singles from Phantom Moon | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
| People | (favorable) [3] |
| PopMatters |   [4] [5] |
| The Portland Phoenix |  [6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| USA Today | [9] |
| Wall of Sound | (64/100) [10] |
Phantom Moon is the third album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Nonesuch Records in 2001.
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The album was a collaboration between Sheik and poet/playwright Steven Sater, who wrote the lyrics for the album. Phantom Moon is considered a tribute of sorts to Nick Drake and his album Pink Moon . The album features contributions from the London Session Orchestra, and from guitarist Bill Frisell. In addition, percussion is very spare, which helped create a mood of contemplation and spirituality that supports the lyrical content.
The album was met with little commercial success, but favorable reviews. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized score of 76% based on 7 reviews. [5] According to Allmusic, Phantom Moon is "easily Sheik's strongest, and most mature record to date". Rolling Stone wrote that the album "casts a lovely, languid shadow", while The New York Times wrote that it is "an album of moods to set you drifting and dreaming". [11] Entertainment Weekly noted the album's "intimate lamentations", adding, "with one's feet up and headphones on, the strings suddenly shimmer, and the warm vocals soothe". [2]
All songs written by Steven Sater & Duncan Sheik.
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