''Letters to Ghosts'' is the third studio album by British singer-songwriter

Lucie Silvas Lucie Silvas (born Lucie Joanne Silverman, 4 September 1977) is a British singer-songwriter. Early life Born in Kingston upon Thames, England, her father is from New Zealand and is of Jewish descent; and her mother is Scottish and is Christia ...

. It was released on 18 September 2015 through Silvas' own record label, Furthest Point, via Caroline records and later released by

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in 2016 following Silvas' signing with them. It is the first album by Silvas since 2006 and signifies a musical change from the pop/

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of her previous releases to a more

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style following her move from the UK to

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. The track "Find A Way" was subsequently recorded by

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for her 2019 album '' Every Girl''. Silvas provided backing vocals on Yearwood"s version.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. Musicians * Dave Angell –

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* Jabe Beyer – acoustic guitar, vocals *

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– bass guitar * David Davidson – strings *

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– bass guitar * Johnny Duke – guitar *

Fred Eltringham The Wallflowers is an American rock solo project of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jakob Dylan. The Wallflowers were originally a roots rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller. The band h ...

– drums * Ian Fitchuk – drums, keyboards, percussion, piano *

Adam Gardner Adam Seth Gardner (born May 31, 1973) is an American guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs. Gardner grew up outside Morristown, New Jersey, and played for a band called Royal Flush while a stud ...

– bass guitar * Jon Green – acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals *

Natalie Hemby Natalie Nicole Hemby Wrucke (born March 24, 1977) is an American country music songwriter and singer. She has written songs for Lee Ann Womack, Eli Young Band, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Sunny Sweeney, Little Big Town, Jon Pardi, Kacey Musgrav ...

–

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* Graham Kearns – guitar *

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– bass, guitar,

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, vocals * Carole Rabinowitz – strings * Kyle Ryan – acoustic guitar *

– lead vocals, mandolin, piano *

Ash Soan Ashley Soan is a British drummer. His influences include Stewart Copeland, Steve Ferrone, Jim Keltner, James Gadson, Phil Rudd, Art Blakey, Steve Gadd. Early life Educated at the Grove School In Market Drayton, Shropshire, Ashley Soan started ...

– drums * Paul Turner – bass guitar * Kristin Wilkinson – strings * Kate York – vocals Technical personnel * Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant * Paul Cossette – assistant engineer * Ian Fitchuk – producer * Roi Hernandez –

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, design * Bill Hill –

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* Brad Hill – mixing, overdub engineer * Sonya Jasinski – photography * Jay Kay – executive producer * Jordan Lehning – string arrangements * Eric Masse – engineer * Dave McNair – mastering * John Osborne – producer * Charlie Russell – mixing, producer, programming *

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– engineer, mixing * Lucie Silvas – engineer, producer, programming * Brad Spence – mixing, producer

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2015 albums Lucie Silvas albums Decca Records albums