The Ghost in Daylight

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The Ghost in Daylight
Studio album by
Released30 April 2012
Label Warp Records
Gravenhurst chronology
The Western Lands
(2007)
'''The Ghost in Daylight'''
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
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NME 6/10 [5]
Pitchfork Media 6.2/10 [6]

The Ghost in Daylight is the fifth album by Gravenhurst, released on Warp Records. [7]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Circadian" - 4:11
  2. "The Prize" - 6:38
  3. "Fitzrovia" - 8:08
  4. "In Miniature" - 4:32
  5. "Carousel" - 1:28
  6. "Islands" - 8:05
  7. "The Foundry" - 4:22
  8. "Peacock" - 2:44
  9. "The Ghost of Saint Paul" - 6:02
  10. "Three Fires" - 4:16

Reception

The Guardian praised the album as "beautifully haunting". [4] However, Pitchfork described it as "underplayed, and occasionally overly subtle". [6]

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