Among the Ghosts
Among the Ghosts is the tenth studio album by American country-punk band Lucero. 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''Critical reception
Among the Ghosts was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average 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 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."
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
- Matt Ross-Spang – engineer, mixing, producer
- Wesley Graham – engineer
- Jeff Powell – mastering
- Alex McCollough – mastering
- Matthew Cole – design