Ghost Tropic

Ghost Tropic
Studio album by Songs: Ohia
Released	November 13, 2000
Genre	Indie Rock, Lo-fi
Label	Secretly Canadian
Producer	Mike Mogis
Professional reviews
Pitchfork (7.5/10) link All Music Guide link
Songs: Ohia chronology
2000 The Lioness 2000 Ghost Tropic 2002 Didn't It Rain

Ghost Tropic is the fifth regular studio album by Songs: Ohia. It was recorded by Mike Mogis at Dead Space Recording Studio in Lincoln, Nebraska. The album's name refers to two short instrumentals that are surrounded by six vocal tracks of at least five and up to twelve minutes length. The reviews noted the somber and dark mood permeating the album. According to Pitchfork, "Ghost Tropic (...) sounds as though it were recorded live in a haunted hut somewhere in an Ecuadorian rainforest. At night." All Music Guide was less sanguine: "Everything moves as slowly as a three-legged dog, and anyone neither patient enough nor attuned to Molina's style of songcraft (imagine Neil Young doing very mellow gypsy folk music) might very well be put to sleep."

Track listing

1. "Lightning Risked It All" – 5:39
2. "The Body Burned Away" – 5:35
3. "No Limits on the Words" – 5:21
4. "Ghost Tropic" – 2:36
5. "Ocean's Nerves" – 5:03
6. "Not Just a Ghost's Heart" – 12:02
7. "Ghost Tropic" – 3:09
8. "Incantation" – 11:53

Recording information

• Jason Molina
• Shane Aspegren
• Mike Mogis
• Alasdair Roberts

• Songs by Jason Molina
• Recorded by Mike Mogis

External links

• Secretly Canadian press release

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