Seen a Ghost is an album by the American alternative rock band Honeydogs, released in 1997.[4][5] It was the band's first album for a major label and their last with guitarist Tommy Borscheid.[6][7]
Stereo Review called the album "this decade's freshest-sounding blast of folk-rock neoclassicism."[14] The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that "this is a pure-pop band, one that cheerfully raids country, rock, r&b and psychedelia."[12] 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."[15]
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."[16] 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."[17] 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."[13]
AllMusic called the album "a charming collection of Beatlesque pop, demonstrating the group's knack for bright, catchy melodies and ringing guitars."[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Adam Levy.
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Rumor Has It"
3:14
2.
"John Brown"
3:43
3.
"Cherub"
2:59
4.
"I Miss You"
4:22
5.
"Those Things Are Hers"
4:36
6.
"Into Thin Air"
3:44
7.
"Your Blue Door"
3:19
8.
"Sans Sucre"
3:01
9.
"Seen a Ghost"
4:01
10.
"Twitch"
3:29
11.
"Cut Me Loose, Napoleon"
2:34
12.
"Donna's 7"
3:03
13.
"Mainline"
3:01
14.
"Sweet Pea"
2:22
Total length:
47:28
Personnel
The Honeydogs
Adam Levy - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Tommy Borscheid - electric guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals
Trent Norton - bass guitar, vocals
Noah Levy - drums, percussion, vocals
Additional musicians
John Fields - Wurlitzer on "John Brown", piano on "Cherub"
Al Kooper - organ on "John Brown" and "Those Things Are Hers"
Jon Duncan - organ on "I Miss You", "Your Blue Door", and "Sans Surce"; piano on "I Miss You", "Into Thin Air", "Seen A Ghost", and Donna's 7; accordion on "I Miss You" and "Your Blue Door"
Bill Goldman - cello on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
Nanette Goldman - viola on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
Bruce Allard - violin on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
Stephanie Arado - violin on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
Randy Broughten - pedal steel guitar on "Seen A Ghost"
Jay Perlman - percussion on "Twitch"
Marc Retish - percussion on "Twitch"
Richard Werbowenko - percussion on "Twitch"
Jacob Slichter- string and horn arrangements on "Mainline" and "Sweet Pea"
↑ Snyder, Bill (January 2001). "Their Bassist Survived A Coma and Their Label Deal Flattened, Leaving The Honeydogs Sitting Pretty in the Twin Cities". CMJ New Music Montly. p.31.
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