Ghost Repeater Explained

Ghost Repeater
Type:studio
Artist:Jeffrey Foucault
Cover:Ghost_Repeater.jpg
Released:May 23, 2006
Recorded:December 2005, Minstrel, Iowa City, IA
Genre:Americana, Folk music
Length:47:36
Label:Signature Sounds
Producer:Bo Ramsey
Prev Title:Stripping Cane
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes
Next Year:2009

Ghost Repeater is the third solo album from singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault. Produced by Bo Ramsey, Ghost Repeater was released on May 23, 2006, two years after the release of Foucault's previous effort, Stripping Cane. The album represented a notable departure from Foucault's previous records, favoring a rich texture over the sparse nature of Foucault's earlier recordings.

Reception

Ghost Repeater received high praise from critics, with The Chicago Sun-Times hailing it as "One of the best albums of the year."[1] Writing for Minor 7th, music critic David Kleiner wrote of the album "Ghosts haunt the landscape of Jeffrey Foucault’s latest release. He’ll wrap his lusciously deep voice around every achingly beautiful melody ("One Part Love," for one), play good six string, and even write songs that ought to be hits on country radio ("Mesa, Arizona"). And he’ll make the best damn album I’ve heard this year, "Ghost Repeater." Writing for No Depression, music critic Eric R. Danton wrote of the album "... his spare, rootsy tunes are deceptively complex. He’s a skilled observer, shifting easily between general observations about life and startling first-person details, relating both in a tousled voice that resonates with a certain lived-in wisdom... The title track is the real stunner here, though... the homage ties together the threads of blues, folk and country that run through the album."

Track listing

All songs by Jeffrey Foucault.

  1. "Ghost Repeater" - 5:11
  2. "Americans in Corduroys" - 4:50
  3. "I Dream an Old Lover" - 4:14
  4. "One for Sorrow" - 3:52
  5. "Train to Jackson" - 4:18
  6. "One Part Love" - 4:08
  7. "Wild Waste and Welter" - 5:12
  8. "City Flower" - 3:38
  9. "Tall Grass in Old Virginny" - 3:27
  10. "Mesa, Arizona" - 5:05
  11. "Appeline" - 3:47

Personnel

Production notes:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jeffreyfoucault.com/presskit.html