Give You the Ghost
| Give You the Ghost | ||||
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| Give You the Ghost | ||||
| Studio album by Poliça | ||||
| Released | February 14, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 45:39 | |||
| Label | Totally Gross National Product Mom + Pop Music (re-issue) |
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| Producer | Ryan Olson | |||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| BBC | favorable[3] |
| Consequence of Sound | [4] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.6/10[7] |
| PopMatters |   [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
Give You the Ghost is the first studio album from American indie pop band Poliça and was released on February 14, 2012, by Totally Gross National Product. It was re-released by Mom + Pop Music together with a remix EP on August 14, 2012.[10] "Wandering Star" and "Lay Your Cards Out" feature vocals by Mike Noyce from Bon Iver. On the use of vocal effects, Leaneagh explained that "I'm not using Autotune to correct my voice, I'm using it to distort it, to catch the notes in between the melody line".[11]
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Give You the Ghost received an average score of 77% based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Rolling Stone's review of the album said that Leaneagh's "focused, tender voice cascades over dense fields of minor key electronics, backed by funked-up bass and a swarm of percussion. It's the sound of heartbreak and celebration happening simultaneously."[9] Consequence of Sound's review said that "the post-prog-rock percussion and mellifluous bass, along with Channy Leanagh's Auto-Tuned swan songs, re-shape the intersection of rhythm and blues."[4]
Give You the Ghost was ranked at number 40 on NME's "50 Best Albums of 2012" list.[12] It was ranked at number 24 on Clash's "Top 40 Albums of 2012" list.[13]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Channy Leaneagh, all music composed by Ryan Olson.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Amongster" | 3:59 |
| 2. | "I See My Mother" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Violent Games" | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Dark Star" | 5:01 |
| 5. | "Form" | 3:40 |
| 6. | "The Maker" | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Lay Your Cards Out" | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Fist, Teeth, Money" | 3:19 |
| 9. | "Happy Be Fine" | 4:39 |
| 10. | "Wandering Star" | 5:04 |
| 11. | "Leading to Death" | 2:56 |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Heatseekers Albums[14] | 15 |
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