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Seen a Ghost
1997 studio album by The Honeydogs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seen a Ghost is an album by the American alternative rock band Honeydogs, released in 1997.[4][5] It was the band's first album for a major label and their last with guitarist Tommy Borscheid.[6][7]
The band supported the album by opening for INXS on a North American tour.[8]
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Production
Recorded at Pachyderm Studios, the album was produced by Tom Herbers and the band, and mixed by Nick DiDia.[9][10] Al Kooper contributed Hammond organ.[11]
Critical reception
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Stereo Review called the album "this decade's freshest-sounding blast of folk-rock neoclassicism."[14] The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that "this is a pure-pop band, one that cheerfully raids country, rock, r&b and psychedelia."[12] Werner Trieschmann, of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, considered the band one of the first of an inevitable wave of copies of the Wallflowers, writing that "this one won't be the worst, I can guarantee, but that's not an endorsement either."[15]
The Palm Beach Post deemed Honeydogs "a real rock band," writing that "no frills guitars combine with the gentle purr of a Wurlitzer or the drone of a fiddle for extra flavor."[16] The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel listed Seen a Ghost as the fifth best album of 1997, writing that it "sidles up to an easygoing collection of pop songs and country rockers all of them unassuming, irony-free and irresistible."[17] The St. Paul Pioneer Press opined: "Refusing to give up on the heartland strains that have fueled the group for so long, the Honeydogs are more secure in its abilities."[13]
AllMusic called the album "a charming collection of Beatlesque pop, demonstrating the group's knack for bright, catchy melodies and ringing guitars."[2]
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Adam Levy.
Personnel
- The Honeydogs
- Adam Levy - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Tommy Borscheid - electric guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals
- Trent Norton - bass guitar, vocals
- Noah Levy - drums, percussion, vocals
- Additional musicians
- John Fields - Wurlitzer on "John Brown", piano on "Cherub"
- Mike "Razz" Russell - fiddle on "John Brown" and "Those Things Are Hers"
- Al Kooper - organ on "John Brown" and "Those Things Are Hers"
- Jon Duncan - organ on "I Miss You", "Your Blue Door", and "Sans Surce"; piano on "I Miss You", "Into Thin Air", "Seen A Ghost", and Donna's 7; accordion on "I Miss You" and "Your Blue Door"
- Bill Goldman - cello on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
- Nanette Goldman - viola on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
- Bruce Allard - violin on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
- Stephanie Arado - violin on "Into Thin Air", "Mainline", and "Sweet Pea"
- Randy Broughten - pedal steel guitar on "Seen A Ghost"
- Jay Perlman - percussion on "Twitch"
- Marc Retish - percussion on "Twitch"
- Richard Werbowenko - percussion on "Twitch"
- Jacob Slichter- string and horn arrangements on "Mainline" and "Sweet Pea"
- James Dungan - backing vocals on "Mainline"
- Production
- Tom Herbers - producing, recording, engineering
- The Honeydogs - producing
- Ed Eckstein - executive producer
- Nick Didia - mixing
- Ryan Williams - mixing
- Stephen Marcussen - mastering
- Bob De Maa - assistant engineering
- Bob Herbers - assistant engineering
- Jed Luhmann - assistant engineering
- Richard Werbowenko - assistant engineering
- Yoomi Chong - design
- Rick Patrick - art design
- James Minchin - photography
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