''Lama Rabi Rabi'' is an album by the band

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. Drag City released the album in 1996, the first time a Ghost album had been issued by an American label.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "Highlights include the acid-psych mantra 'Rabirabi' and the fleeting, phantasmal folk of 'Into the Alley', eclipsed only by 11-minute crescendo 'Agate Scape'." ''

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'' noted that "you can hear psychedelia, vocals fed through a megaphone, a folk tune interrupted by studio phasing, even hints of a power ballad." The ''

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'' determined that "whirling, chant-driven, progressive-rockers lead way to a beautifully rolling folk-rock, recalling an amalgamation of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Incredible String Band, Flying Saucer Attacks and Pink Floyd."

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wrote that "the lengthy, fascinating 'Mastillah' starts ''Lama'' on a striking high, with a series of percussive instruments meshed with acoustic drones and low, wordless mantras, leading to a steady rhythm pace."

Track listing

# "Masttillah" - 8:03 # "RabiRabi" - 7:32 # "Into the Alley" - 4:37 # "Marrakech" - 5:18 # "Who Found a Lost Rose in the Warship?" - 3:11 # "Mex Square Blue" - 4:14 # "My Hump is a Shell" - 1:44 # "Bad Bone" - 4:17 # "Abyssinia" - 3:36 # "Agate Scape" - 10:49 # "Summer's Ashen Fable" - 6:04

Personnel

*Taishi Takizawa *Junichi Yamamoto *Iwao Yamazaki *Kazuo Ogino *Michio Kurihara *Masaki Batoh

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Ghost (1984 band) albums Drag City (record label) albums