Pale Green Ghosts

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Album: Pale Green Ghosts
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Pale Green Ghosts	More Info...	6:04
2)	Black Belt	More Info...	4:19
3)	GMF	More Info...	5:14
4)	Vietnam	More Info...	5:29
5)	It Doesn?t Matter To Him	More Info...	6:27
6)	Why Don't You Love Me Anymore	More Info...	6:11
7)	You Don?t Have To	More Info...	5:53
8)	Sensitive New Age Guy	More Info...	4:42
9)	Ernest Borgnine	More Info...	4:54
10)	I Hate This Town	More Info...	4:02
11)	Glacier	More Info...	7:38

Album: Pale Green Ghosts
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Pale Green Ghosts	More Info...	6:04
2)	Black Belt	More Info...	4:19
3)	GMF	More Info...	5:14
4)	Vietnam	More Info...	5:29
5)	It Doesn?t Matter To Him	More Info...	6:27
6)	Why Don't You Love Me Anymore	More Info...	6:11
7)	You Don?t Have To	More Info...	5:53
8)	Sensitive New Age Guy	More Info...	4:42
9)	Ernest Borgnine	More Info...	4:54
10)	I Hate This Town	More Info...	4:02
11)	Glacier	More Info...	7:38

Performer Notes

The title track from the ex Czars' frontman's second solo outing, the chilly, electro-kissed Pale Green Ghosts, sounds like a Brendan Perry (of Dead Can Dance)-fronted Kraftwerk taking on a James Bond theme. Like much of the album, it's icy, stylish, pompous, and self-obsessed, which is the direct antithesis, at least sonically, of his previous album, the maudlin, confessional Queen of Denmark, which was made with the help of wistful Texas folk-rockers Midlake. Pale Green Ghosts, on the other hand, was recorded in Reykjavik, Iceland with the help of GusGus' Birgir _¢rarinsson (Biggi Veira) and while Grant keeps the microscope firmly on himself throughout the 11-track set, he does so with more wit and panache than he did on the record's predecessor. Populated by slinky electro-pop cuts ("Sensitive New Age Guy" and "Black Belt"), saucy, Harry Nilsson-esque, chamber pop fight songs (the saucy "GMF," one of two tracks to feature backing vocals from Sin‚ad O'Connor), and melodramatic "Return to Oz"-era, Scissor Sisters-inspired ballads ("Vietnam," "I Hate This Town," and "Glacier"), Pale Green Ghosts has a little something for everyone, and while all of the over-sharing can be a little overbearing, Grant's huge, expressive, and oddly comforting voice acts as a sedative, turning even the saddest, raunchiest, and most uncomfortable turn of phrase into a caress. ~ James Christopher Monger

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5-- "PALE GREEN GHOSTS is both novel and familiar. There's stark electronica and sumptuous balladry..."

Paste (magazine) - "[The album] ratchets up his affinities for the somber anti-power ballad, but also showcases a newer sonic territory: that of the `80s dance club variety."

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