Ghostyhead

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Ghostyhead
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 17, 1997
StudioConway Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreTrip hop
Length55:42
LabelReprise/Warner Bros. Records
46557
ProducerRickie Lee Jones
Rick Boston
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
Naked Songs - Live and Acoustic
(1995)
Ghostyhead
(1997)
It's Like This
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

Ghostyhead (stylized as GHoSTYhead) is the seventh studio album by the artist Rickie Lee Jones. It was released in 1997 on Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Rickie Lee Jones, with additional contributors noted.

  1. "Little Yellow Town" – 6:54
  2. "Road Kill" – 4:41
  3. "Matters" (Lee Cantelon) – 6:04
  4. "Firewalker" – 3:56
  5. "Howard" (Rick Boston) – 4:45
  6. "Ghostyhead" – 5:36
  7. "Sunny Afternoon" (Boston) – 3:54
  8. "Scary Chinese Movie" – 6:19
  9. "Cloud of Unknowing" (Boston) – 7:03
  10. "Vessel of Light" (Boston) – 6:30

Personnel[edit]

  • Rickie Lee Jones – guitar, bass, percussion, organ, piano
  • Rick Boston – guitar, bass, percussion, organ, piano, loops, programming
  • Boss Doctor – additional programming
  • Robert Devery – rhythm, Korg
  • John Leftwich – upright bass on "Howard"
  • Gerri Sutyak – cello on "Firewalker"
  • David Zeller – sheet metal
  • Jay Lane – foot trunk, cymbals
  • Josh Freese – live drums
  • Janeen Rae Heller – saw on "Ghostyhead"
  • Ayin Es – live drums
  • Ronnie Ciago – live drums
  • Lee Cantelon – backward guitar on "Matters"
Technical
  • Barry Goldberg – engineer, mixing, artwork
  • John Nelson – second engineer, artwork
  • Lee Cantelon – artwork, design
  • Rickie Lee Jones – poster art

References[edit]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Ghostyhead - Rickie Lee Jones". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (1997-06-20). "Rickie Lee Jones Ghostyhead (Reprise)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Rickie Lee Jones". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  5. ^ Farber, Jim (1997-06-20). "Ghostyhead". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ^ Cromelin, Richard (1997-06-15). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  7. ^ Kot, Greg (1997-07-02). "Rickie Lee Jones: Ghostyhead". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25.

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