Lama Rabi Rabi


Lama Rabi Rabi is an album by the band Ghost. Drag City released the album in 1996, the first time a Ghost album had been issued by an American label.

Critical reception

The Austin Chronicle wrote: "Highlights include the acid-psych mantra 'Rabirabi' and the fleeting, phantasmal folk of 'Into the Alley', eclipsed only by 11-minute crescendo 'Agate Scape'." Spin noted that "you can hear psychedelia, vocals fed through a megaphone, a folk tune interrupted by studio phasing, even hints of a power ballad." The Staten Island Advance determined that "whirling, chant-driven, progressive-rockers lead way to a beautifully rolling folk-rock, recalling an amalgamation of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Incredible String Band, Flying Saucer Attacks and Pink Floyd."
AllMusic wrote that "the lengthy, fascinating 'Mastillah' starts Lama on a striking high, with a series of percussive instruments meshed with acoustic drones and low, wordless mantras, leading to a steady rhythm pace."

Track listing

  1. "Masttillah" - 8:03
  2. "RabiRabi" - 7:32
  3. "Into the Alley" - 4:37
  4. "Marrakech" - 5:18
  5. "Who Found a Lost Rose in the Warship?" - 3:11
  6. "Mex Square Blue" - 4:14
  7. "My Hump is a Shell" - 1:44
  8. "Bad Bone" - 4:17
  9. "Abyssinia" - 3:36
  10. "Agate Scape" - 10:49
  11. "Summer's Ashen Fable" - 6:04

Personnel

  • Taishi Takizawa
  • Junichi Yamamoto
  • Iwao Yamazaki
  • Kazuo Ogino
  • Michio Kurihara
  • Masaki Batoh