Album
Whiskey For The Holy Ghost
1993 · Rock
10 collectors on Gatefold own this
Whiskey For The Holy Ghost is an Alt/Indie album by Mark Lanegan, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
About
After the surprise success of his 1990 solo debut, <i>The Winding Sheet</i>, Mark Lanegan, the singer for the Screaming Trees, worked for several years on the follow-up <i>Whiskey for the Holy Ghost</i>. Where <i>Sheet</i> had been casual and skeletal, <i>Ghost</i> was intensely layered and methodical. The expertise of multi-instrumentalist / producer Mike Johnson ensured a dark uniformity that made the entire album feel like one long tour of Hades. Lanegan sings from his deepest end and growls like a cornered tiger throughout, building towards catharsis from the onset. "The River Rise" sets the dreary tone, only to be bludgeoned by the punishing feedback of "Borracho" before settling in for the campfire intimacy of "House a Home" where a violin streaks across the lonely desert floor. "Carnival," "Riding the Nightingale," and "Shooting Gallery" paint further desperate pictures. These are blues songs with modern situations and implications, the sound of desperate addicts seeking salvation amongst the cultural detachment and ruin of the perennial outsider.
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Tracklist
- 1The River Rise4:30
- 2Borracho5:40
- 3House a Home3:06
- 4Kingdoms of Rain3:23
- 5Carnival3:39
- 6Riding the Nightingale6:16
- 7El Sol3:42
- 8Dead On You3:10
- 9Shooting Gallery3:32
- 10Sunrise2:56
- 11Pendulum2:11
- 12Judas Touch1:37
- 13Beggar's Blues5:36
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- warm
- melancholic
- smoky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dan PetersDRUMS
- David KruegerVIOLIN
- Frank CodyORGAN, PIANO ORGAN PIANO
- J MascisDRUMS
- Justin WilliamsORGAN
- Krisha AugerotBACKING VOCALS
- Kurt FedoraBASS
- Mark LaneganVOCALS, GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Mark PickerelDRUMS
- Mike JohnsonGUITAR ORGAN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS, HARMONICA, PIANO, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS , SLIDE GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Mike StinetteSAXOPHONE
- Phil SparksDOUBLE BASS , DOUBLE BASS BASS , BASS BASS
- Sally BarryBACKING VOCALS
- Tad DoyleDRUMS PERCUSSION
- Teddy TrewhellaPIANO
- David KreugerVIOLIN
- Jack EndinoBASS
- Sally BerryBACKING VOCALS
10 collectors on Gatefold own this · 27 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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