| Seen a Ghost | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, roots rock | |||
| Label | Debris/Mercury Records [1] | |||
| Producer | Tom Herbers, Honeydogs | |||
| The Honeydogs chronology | ||||
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Seen a Ghost is an album by the American alternative rock band Honeydogs, released in 1997. [2] [3] It was the band's first album for a major label. [4]
The band supported the album by opening for INXS on a North American tour. [5]
Recorded at Pachyderm Studios, the album was produced by Tom Herbers and the band, and mixed by Nick DiDia. [6] [7] Al Kooper contributed Hammond organ. [8]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Lincoln Journal Star |  [10] |
| St. Paul Pioneer Press | [11] |
Stereo Review called the album "this decade's freshest-sounding blast of folk-rock neoclassicism." [12] The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that "this is a pure-pop band, one that cheerfully raids country, rock, r&b and psychedelia." [10] Werner Trieschmann, of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , considered the band one of the first of an inevitable wave of copies of the Wallflowers, writing that "this one won't be the worst, I can guarantee, but that's not an endorsement either." [13]
The Palm Beach Post deemed Honeydogs "a real rock band," writing that "no frills guitars combine with the gentle purr of a Wurlitzer or the drone of a fiddle for extra flavor." [14] The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel listed Seen a Ghost as the fifth best album of 1997, writing that it "sidles up to an easygoing collection of pop songs and country rockers all of them unassuming, irony-free and irresistible." [15] The St. Paul Pioneer Press opined: "Refusing to give up on the heartland strains that have fueled the group for so long, the Honeydogs are more secure in its abilities." [11]
AllMusic called the album "a charming collection of Beatlesque pop, demonstrating the group's knack for bright, catchy melodies and ringing guitars." [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rumor Has It" | |
| 2. | "John Brown" | |
| 3. | "Cherub" | |
| 4. | "I Miss You" | |
| 5. | "Those Things Are Hers" | |
| 6. | "Into Thin Air" | |
| 7. | "Your Blue Door" | |
| 8. | "Sans Sucre" | |
| 9. | "Seen a Ghost" | |
| 10. | "Twitch" | |
| 11. | "Cut Me Loose, Napoleon" | |
| 12. | "Donna's 7" | |
| 13. | "Mainline" | |
| 14. | "Sweet Pea" |
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