''Among the Ghosts'' is the tenth
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by American
country-punk
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band
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* Lucero (surname) a Spanish surname
* Lucero (entertainer) (born 1969), Mexican singer and actress
** ''Lucero'' (album), eponymous album released in 1993
* Lucero (band), an America ...
. It was released August 3, 2018 under
Thirty Tigers.
Production
The album was recorded live at
Phillips Recording with producer
Matt Ross-Spang. American actor
Michael Shannon features on "Back to the Night".
The track "Loving" features on the 2016 film, ''
Loving
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* Loving (surname)
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Critical reception
''Among the Ghosts'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an
average
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score of 77, based on 7 reviews.
Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 74 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 4 reviews.
Mark Deming of
AllMusic
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said the album "demonstrates how smart and versatile these guys can be; it's a brave and satisfying set that finds beauty and meaning in the valleys on the human experience."
Eric Danton from
Paste said of the album: "The songs are full of minor-key acoustic guitars, moody electric flourishes and downhearted piano parts, augmented here and there with overdriven, but restrained, riffs."
Accolades
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
* Ben Nichols – vocals, guitar
* Rick Steff – piano
* John C. Stubblefield – bass
* Brian Venable – guitar
* Roy Berry – drums
* Eugenio Figueroa – viola
* Heather Trussell – violin
* Gaylon Patterson – violin
* Dara Hankins – cello
* Jim Spake – saxophone
*
Michael Shannon – vocals
Production
*
Matt Ross-Spang – engineer, mixing, producer
* Wesley Graham – engineer
* Jeff Powell – mastering
* Alex McCollough – mastering
* Matthew Cole – design
Charts
References
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2018 albums
Lucero (band) albums
Thirty Tigers albums