Own Your Ghost

Own Your Ghost
Studio album by
13 & God
ReleasedMay 12, 2011 (2011-05-12)
Studio
  • Alien Research Center
  • Shipwreck
Genre
Length38:31
Label
13 & God chronology
13 & God
(2005) 		Own Your Ghost
(2011)
Singles from Own Your Ghost
  1. "Oldage"
    Released: 2011

Own Your Ghost is the second studio album by 13 & God, a collaboration between American hip hop group Themselves and German rock band The Notwist.[1] It was released on Anticon and Alien Transistor in 2011.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
CMJfavorable[4]
Cokemachineglow83/100[5]
Exclaim!favorable[6]
Filter81%[7]
Imposeunfavorable[8]
Pitchfork6.0/10[9]
PopMatters[10]
The Skinny[11]
Spin7/10[12]
URB[13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.0 out of 10, saying: "It's still a neat project with many moments of interest, but it's disappointing that the second album doesn't cohere overall any better than the first."[9] Eric Hill of Exclaim! commented that "Own Your Ghost wins with a rare combination of velocity and depth to track and tackle these troubled times."[6] Mary Kosearas of Filter gave the album a rating of 81%, stating: "Ten tracks mixed with complex beats and sharp vocals gradually mature into a harmony of both fresh and electronically manipulated sounds."[7]

Cokemachineglow named it the 42nd best album of 2011.[14]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Adam Drucker and Markus Acher; all music is composed by 13 & God

No.TitleLength
1."Its Own Sun"2:44
2."Death Major"4:26
3."Armored Scarves"4:30
4."Janu Are"3:32
5."Oldage"3:24
6."Et Tu"3:18
7."Death Minor"3:56
8."Sure as Debt"3:49
9."Beat on Us"5:07
10."Unyoung"3:39
Total length:38:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

13 & God

Additional musicians

  • Jorg Widmoser – violin
  • Andreas Horicht – viola
  • Mathias Gotz – trombone
  • Ivica Vucelic – Saba FBW3
  • Stefan Schreiber – saxophone, bass clarinet

Technical personnel

  • Olli Zulch – recording, mixing, additional production
  • Jay Pellicci – recording
  • Adam "Doseone" Drucker – artwork
  • Stefan Garanin – cover skeleton

Charts

Chart Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 96

References

  1. ^ Mehan, Brendan (March 29, 2011). "Video Premiere/Q&A: 13 And God". CMJ. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Own Your Ghost - 13 & God - Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Own Your Ghost by 13 & God". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  4. ^ Mehan, Brendan (May 17, 2011). "13 And God - Own Your Ghost". CMJ. Archived from the original on November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  5. ^ Betz, Chet (May 5, 2011). "13&God - Own Your Ghost". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Hill, Eric (May 17, 2011). "13 & God - Own Your Ghost". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  7. ^ a b Kosearas, Mary (May 20, 2011). "13 & God: Own Your Ghost - Anticon". Filter. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  8. ^ Happel, Anthony Mark (April 27, 2011). "13 & God, Own Your Ghost". Impose. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  9. ^ a b Howe, Brian (May 17, 2011). "13 & God: Own Your Ghost". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  10. ^ Fairall, Jer (June 12, 2011). "13 & God: Own Your Ghost". PopMatters. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  11. ^ Carle, Darren (April 26, 2011). "13 & God – Own Your Ghost". The Skinny. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  12. ^ Young, Jon (May 17, 2011). "13 & God, 'Own Your Ghost' (Anticon)". Spin. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  13. ^ Uddenberg, Brett (May 24, 2011). "13 & God – Own Your Ghost (Review)". URB. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  14. ^ "Top 50 Albums 2011 (Page 1 of 5)". Cokemachineglow. December 18, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – 13 & God – Own Your Ghost" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

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