''Ghost Tropic'' is the fifth regular studio album by Songs: Ohia. It was recorded by

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at Dead Space Recording Studio in

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. 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

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, "Ghost Tropic (...) sounds as though it were recorded live in a haunted hut somewhere in an Ecuadorian rainforest. At night."

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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

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doing very mellow gypsy folk music) might very well be put to sleep."

Track listing

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

Recording information

* Jason Molina * Shane Aspegren * Mike Mogis * Alasdair Roberts * Songs by Jason Molina * Recorded by Mike Mogis

References

External links

Secretly Canadian press release
2000 albums Jason Molina albums Secretly Canadian albums Albums produced by Mike Mogis {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub