Yeah Ghost

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Yeah Ghost
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Studio album by
Released28 September 2009 (UK)
29 September 2009 (U.S.)
2 October 2009 (Australia)
Genre
Length45:17
Label Atlantic
Producer
  • Henry Binns
  • Sam Hardaker
Zero 7 chronology
The Garden
(2006)
Yeah Ghost
(2009)
Record
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 59/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC Music fairly negative [3]
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The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Planet Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Yeah Ghost is the fourth studio album by Zero 7, released in September 2009. The album features vocals by ESKA (on "Mr McGee", "Medicine Man", "Sleeper", and "The Road"), Martha Tilston (on "Pop Art Blue"), Binki Shapiro (on "Swing" and "Ghost Symbol"), Rowdy Superstar (on "Sleeper"), and Binns himself (on "Everything Up (Zizou)", an homage to French footballer Zinedine Zidane).

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Count Me Out"1:26
2."Mr McGee"4:19
3."Swing"3:58
4."Everything Up (Zizou)"5:19
5."Pop Art Blue"4:23
6."Medicine Man"4:33
7."Ghost sYMbOL"4:37
8."Sleeper"4:40
9."Solastalgia"1:59
10."The Road"3:43
11."All of Us"6:20
Digital release bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Methods"8:43

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