| Among the Ghosts | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Lucero |
| Cover: | Among the Ghosts.jpg |
| Studio: | Phillips Recording |
| Length: | 40:54 |
| Prev Title: | All a Man Should Do |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | When You Found Me |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
Among the Ghosts is the tenth studio album by American country-punk band Lucero. It was released August 3, 2018 under Thirty Tigers.[1]
The album was recorded live at Phillips Recording with producer Matt Ross-Spang. American actor Michael Shannon features on "Back to the Night".[2] The track "Loving" features on the 2016 film, Loving
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."
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