''Harpo's Ghost'' is the seventh album by English singer-songwriter

Thea Gilmore Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979), also known as Afterlight, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released more than twenty albums since her 1998 debut, '' Burning Dorothy''. She has had three top 40 entries on the UK Albums Chart an ...

. It was released in August 2006 on

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. The album peaked at number 69 on the

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Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted. #"The Gambler" – 4:28 #"Everybody's Numb" – 3:46 #"Red White and Black" – 4:12 #"Call Me Your Darling" – 3:41 #"We Built a Monster" (Thea Gilmore, Mike Scott) – 3:21 #"The List" – 4:06 #"Going Down" – 3:10 #"Whistle and Steam" (Thea Gilmore, Mike Scott,

Nigel Stonier Nigel Stonier (born 10 December 1956) is an English rock, Folk music, roots and pop record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Biography He was born in Cheshire, but first relocated to London when, at the age of 17 he secured a pub ...

) – 4:07 #"Cheap Tricks" – 3:39 #"Contessa" – 4:57 #"Slow Journey II"/"Play Until the Bottle's Gone" (Stonier) – 9:38

Personnel

– vocals, whistling, acoustic guitar, backing vocals *

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar,

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, harmonica,

harmonium The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ (which employs a va ...

, organ, Wurlitzer organ, backing vocals * Dave Hull-Denholm – acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Eric Ambel – electric guitar, harmonium * Steve Evans – electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ * Ewan Davies –

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, programming * Laura Reid – cello * Paul Beavis – drums * John Tonks – percussion *

Kathryn Williams Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Prize, Mercury Mus ...

– backing vocals

References

External links

Official site
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