| The Ghost Sonata | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | December 1990 | |||
| Genre | Chamber music, ambient | |||
| Length | 43:05 | |||
| Label | LTM | |||
| Producer | Tuxedomoon | |||
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The Ghost Sonata is the seventh studio album by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released in 1991 by LTM Recordings. [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Funeral of a Friend" | Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig | 1:09 |
| 2. | "The Ghost Sonata" | Blaine L. Reininger, Steven Brown | 5:36 |
| 3. | "Catalyst" | Peter Dachert | 0:42 |
| 4. | "An Affair at the Soiree" | Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig, Blaine L. Reininger | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Music Number Two" | Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger | 2:56 |
| 6. | "A Drowning" | Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger | 2:07 |
| 7. | "The Cascade" | Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger | 3:02 |
| 8. | "A Mystic Death" | Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig | 2:16 |
| 9. | "Basso Pomade (Dogs Lickin' My Heart)" | Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger | 2:36 |
| 10. | "Licorice Stick Ostinato" | Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger | 2:19 |
| 11. | "The Laboratory" (Parts 1 & 2) | Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger | 5:08 |
| 12. | "Les Odalisques" | Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig, Blaine L. Reininger | 4:10 |
| 13. | "An Unsigned Postcard" | Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger | 3:06 |
| 14. | "Music Number Two" (Reprise) | Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger | 4:19 |
Adapted from The Ghost Sonata liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 1991 | LTM | CD, LP | LTM 2303 |
| Netherlands | 1997 | Cramboy | CD | CBoy 1414 |
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