Among the Ghosts is the tenth studio album by American country-punk band Lucero. It was released August 3, 2018 under Thirty Tigers.

Production

The album was recorded live at Phillips Recording with producer Matt Ross-Spang. American actor Michael Shannon features on "Back to the Night". The track "Loving" features on the 2016 film, Loving

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Critical reception

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.

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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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Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Ben Nichols – vocals, guitar

Rick Steff – piano

John C. Stubblefield – bass

Brian Venable – guitar

Roy Berry – drums

Eugenio Figueroa – viola

Heather Trussell – violin

Gaylon Patterson – violin

Dara Hankins – cello

Jim Spake – saxophone

Michael Shannon – vocals

Production

Matt Ross-Spang – engineer, mixing, producer

Wesley Graham – engineer

Jeff Powell – mastering

Alex McCollough – mastering

Matthew Cole – design

Charts

References

2018 albums

Lucero (band) albums

Thirty Tigers albums