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- Summary: The first release in three years for the Japanese psych-rockers contains just six tracks, including one that clocks in at nearly half an hour.
- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Difficult. All very difficult. But cheap dates get old quick, don't they?
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In Stormy Nights is by no means the first time Ghost have plugged in and upped the volume, but it is easily their most unhinged, aggressive record; they make a show of steamrolling their subtler instincts.
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MagnetGhost's most ambitious achievement yet. [#74, p.98]
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Through its overarching range, it ably balances silence with noise, restraint with reckless abandon.
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SpinAn ecstatic, angry, gorgeously mournful manifesto. [Jan 2007, p.89]
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Under The RadarOn In Stormy Nights, Ghost does what they do best--compress decades of psychedelic and avant-garde music into a modern melange that will please fans from the folk end of the spectrum to the harshest of noiseniks. [#16, p.99]
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Maybe pastiche is inevitable, even in the Japanese avant garde scene, but can't it at least be a little more fun?
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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attaboyJan 29, 2007
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KevinKJan 28, 2007Not bad but a little too pretentious for me.
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