Ghostory (album)

Ghostory is the third studio album by American indie rock band School of Seven Bells, released on February 28, 2012 by Vagrant Records and Ghostly International.^[15] It is also their first album to be released after the departure of founding member Claudia Deheza, who left the band in October 2010. The track listing details were revealed when the album was made available for streaming through several websites on February 20, 2012.^[16]

Ghostory
Studio album by School of Seven Bells
Released	February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
Genre	Indie rock dream pop shoegaze indietronica
Length	45:19
Label	Vagrant Ghostly International
Producer	Benjamin Curtis
School of Seven Bells chronology
Disconnect from Desire (2010) Ghostory (2012) SVIIB (2016)
Singles from Ghostory
"Lafaye" Released: January 17, 2012[1] "The Night" Released: February 17, 2012[2] "Scavenger" Released: July 22, 2012[3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[6]
The Guardian	[7]
The Independent	[8]
musicOMH	[9]
NME	4/10[10]
The Observer	[11]
Paste	6.8/10[12]
Pitchfork Media	6.9/10[13]
PopMatters	[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alejandra Deheza and Benjamin Curtis.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Night"	3:48
2.	"Love Play"	4:11
3.	"Lafaye"	4:14
4.	"Low Times"	6:32
5.	"Reappear"	4:09
6.	"Show Me Love"	4:44
7.	"Scavenger"	4:26
8.	"White Wind"	4:41
9.	"When You Sing"	8:34

iTunes Store bonus tracks^[17]

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Unnature"	4:40
11.	"Low Times" (Lafaye's Brain Mix)	8:29

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Unnature"	4:31
11.	"Low Times" (Lafaye's Brain Mix)	8:30
12.	"The Night" (Rewards Remix)	6:24
13.	"Lafaye" (Creep Remix)	6:01

Personnel

• Alejandra de la Deheza – vocals
• Benjamin Curtis – engineering, guitar, mixing, production
• Divya Anantharaman – headdress
• Steve Choo – assistant engineering
• Christopher Colley – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7–9)
• Bryan Abdul Collins – art direction, design
• Brandon Curtis – additional production, mixing
• Stella Rey – styling
• Geoff Sanoff – drum engineering
• Danny Scales – cover photo
• Daniel Duemer – additional support

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18]	79
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	69
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[20]	10
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[21]	9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22]	32
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[23]	8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24]	47