Track Listing 1. Peoples Get Freedom 2. Second Time Around 3. Forthcoming From the Inside 4. Higher Order 5. Awake in a Muddle 6. Day of the Stoned Sky in the Union Zoo, A 7. First Drop of the Sea 8. Under the Sun 9. Orange Sunshine 10. Mind Hill
| Details | | Producer: | Ghost | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Ghost: Masaki Batoh (vocals, acoustic, electric & 6 string guitars, drums, bells); Daisuke Naganuma (vocals); Taishi Takizawa (12 string guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, cello, flute, piano, vibraphone, drums, bells); Masanori Shioya (oboe, drums, bells); Tomo Kuwahala (tabor bebem, tabor dodo, drums bells). Ghost's second full length, SECOND TIME AROUND was originally released in 1992 on Japanese psych label PSF, but Drag City scooped up the American release in 1997. Much like their first self-titled release, this album flirts with acoustic guitar-based Eastern and Western trad folk while tip-toeing around psychedelic flourishes; the results conjure images of sweetly smoke-filled rooms and long, flowing hair. Masaki Batoh's throaty Japanese-language vocals drive the melodies, which are buoyed by flute, oboe, and various percussion, as heard on "A Day of the Stoned Sky in the Union Zoo." Batoh takes a break from his native tongue, however, on "A Drop in the Sea," a gently strummed tune sung in heavily accented English. Bouzouki, mandolin, piano, and vibraphone also make waves on other songs as a reminder of Ghost's psychedelic roots.
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