Phantom Radio

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Phantom Radio
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)
Genre
Length38:03
Label Vagrant
Producer Alain Johannes
Mark Lanegan Band chronology
Imitations
(2013)
Phantom Radio
(2014)
Houston Publishing Demos 2002
(2015)

Phantom Radio is the ninth studio album by alternative rock artist Mark Lanegan, performing as the "Mark Lanegan Band". It was released on October 21, 2014, on Vagrant Records. [2] In an interview with The Quietus, Lanegan stated that he used a phone app called FunkBox to write the drum parts on some of the songs. [3]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (78/100) [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork (6.7/10) [7]
Consequence of Sound (C+) [2]
Uncut (C+) [1]

Track listing

Disc 1

All tracks are written by Mark Lanegan

No.TitleLength
1."Harvest Home"3:16
2."Judgment Time"2:29
3."Floor of the Ocean"4:52
4."The Killing Season"3:46
5."Seventh Day"4:51
6."I Am the Wolf"3:42
7."Torn Red Heart"4:01
8."Waltzing in Blue"3:14
9."The Wild People"3:06
10."Death Trip to Tulsa"4:46

Disc 2 – No Bells on Sunday EP

No.TitleLength
1."Dry Iced"6:22
2."No Bells on Sunday"5:51
3."Sad Lover"3:40
4."Jonas Pap"2:34
5."Smokestack Magic"8:18

Personnel

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