Ghostyhead

Ghostyhead
Studio album by
Rickie Lee Jones
ReleasedJune 17, 1997
StudioConway Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreTrip hop
Length55:42
LabelReprise/Warner Bros.
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 American musician Rickie Lee Jones. It was released in 1997 on Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

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

  • 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

  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. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. 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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