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With Ghost

EMAILPRINTby Damon & Naomi

Damon & Naomi reviews
80
8.0 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 12 critic reviews
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Album Info

Label: Sub Pop

Release Date: 05 September 2000

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock, Indie, Alternative

Summary

Former Galaxie 500 members Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang unite with Japanese outfit Ghost for an album of dreamy, contemplative folk-rock.

What The Critics Said

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90

All Music Guide

By turns breathtakingly radiant and heartbreakingly melancholy... the record is both comforting and challenging, its placid surfaces masking poignant meditations on resignation, dislocation, and loss.

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90

Mojo

Damon and Naomi haven't so much altered what they do as augmented it, often beautifully. The results are occasionally breathtaking.... A rare and graceful record. (Oct 2000, p.92)

90

Launch.com

Gorgeous melancholy is what these folks do best, and on tunes such as "The Mirror Phase," "Judah And The Maccabees," and a lullaby-like cover of "Blue Moon" from Big Star III, they outdo themselves, producing produce their finest collection since More Sad Hits in 1997.

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80

The Wire

Abalanced, democratic collaboration, with neither unit dominating.... Ghost's faraway sound lends Damon & Naomi's straightahead arrangements a yearning, devotional air... [#199, p.56]

80

MTV.com

The seamless integration of acoustic strumming, post-collegiate lyrical references, crystalline ambiance and overall etherealness of the entire album make With Ghost an album that certainly stands on its own.

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80

The Onion (A.V. Club)

This slow, hazy, head-in-the-clouds music has a way of leaving sonic cobwebs long after it's over, the melodies lingering like distant memories.

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80

Neumu.net

A shimmering set of utterly gorgeous songs.

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70

Sonicnet

At times, Yang's ethereal monotone is the attention-getter. Elsewhere, the music takes over, often in the form of lengthy guitar solos and a slow, bittersweet weaving of instruments traditional... and otherwise.... This is smart, deep-thinking slowcore.

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70

Spin

Tokyo psych-folk mystics Ghost add lavish accompaniment that lures these tiny, opining songs out of the bedroom. [Oct 2000, p.184]

62

Pitchfork

One would think that, coming off of last year's rich Snuffbox Immanence, the psych-folk collective would add profound depth and originality to Damon and Naomi's dreamy folk.... But, regardless of who's to blame, Ghost's role isn't large enough to alter Damon and Naomi's sound.

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60

Nude As The News

Ghost have helped Damon & Naomi reinvent themselves on this dream-pop excursion.

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60

CDNow

Occasionally, Yang's sugary, torchy vocals are too heavy-handed for this ethereal drone pop.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

John gave it a 9:
the best damon & naomi release. better than anything done by ghost on their own. beautiful.

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