Ghost of a Dog
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 1990[1]
GenreAlternative rock, jangle pop, folk-rock
Length53:29
LabelGeffen[2]
ProducerTony Berg[3]
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians chronology
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
(1988)
Ghost of a Dog
(1990)
Stranger Things
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Ghost of a Dog is the second album by American alternative rock band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, released in 1990.[7][8]

In the printed lyrics that accompany the album, each song has a word with a single letter missing. In order, they spell out "ghost of a dog."

The album sold about 500,000 copies.[9] After a tour in support of the album, the band decided to take an indefinite hiatus.[10]

Production

The album was produced by Tony Berg. Unlike on the debut, where many tracks used session musicians, the New Bohemians play throughout Ghost of a Dog.[11]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times thought that "Brickell and the Bohemians band do a reasonable job of recycling the soothing elements of ‘60s pop-folk, but her own views are so childlike and her images so often pointless that it’s hard to work up any feeling for them."[12] Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Brickell can write lyrically about the difference between the desire for romantic independence and desire itself. But just when she starts to show some grit, she’ll drift toward smiley-faced ditties like 'Oak Cliff Bra' — songs so cloying they make you wonder if Brickell underwent a lobotomy between tracks."[6] The New York Times declared that none of the songs recaptured the charm of the first album's "What I Am".[13] The Chicago Tribune wrote that Brickell's "ability to write wisely about the bad stuff of romance with a marked lack of anger toward the opposite sex makes her unique and-for postmodern romantics-endearing."[14]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mama Help Me"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow, John Bush4:02
2."Black and Blue"Edie Brickell3:55
3."Carmelito"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow, Wes Burt-Martin, Brad Houser, Matt Chamberlain, John Bush4:12
4."He Said"Edie Brickell5:24
5."Times Like This"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow2:56
6."10,000 Angels"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow, John Bush6:06
7."Ghost of a Dog"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow1:34
8."Strings of Love"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow4:13
9."Woyaho"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow2:34
10."Oak Cliff Bra"Edie Brickell1:28
11."Stwisted"Edie Brickell5:09
12."This Eye"Edie Brickell3:18
13."Forgiven"Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow, Wes Burt-Martin, Brad Houser, Matt Chamberlain, John Bush5:35
14."Me By the Sea"Edie Brickell3:03

Personnel

The New Bohemians

Additional musicians

Production

  • Tony Berg – producer, mixing (5, 14)
  • Chris Lord-Alge – recording
  • Susan Rogers – recording, mixing (7, 12)
  • David Thoener – recording
  • Ken Jordan – additional recording
  • Greg Goldman – assistant engineer
  • Mike Reiter – assistant engineer
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1–4, 6, 8–11, 13)
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Robin Sloane – creative director
  • Lyn Bradley – design, layout
  • Janet Wolsborn – design, layout
  • Ann Cutting – photographic tinting

Studios

Charts

AlbumBillboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 32[15]

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "Mama Help Me" Mainstream Rock Tracks 26
1990 "Mama Help Me" Modern Rock Tracks 17

Notes

  1. "October see onslaught of boxed sets, star releases" (PDF). Billboard. 6 October 1990. p. 84. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 81.
  3. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 158.
  4. Ghost of a Dog at AllMusic
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 831.
  6. 1 2 "Ghost of a Dog". EW.com.
  7. "Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. "Sings Like an Angel, Laughs Like a Texan". December 24, 1990 via Christian Science Monitor.
  9. "She'll take songs over spotlight". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  10. "What It Is". www.austinchronicle.com.
  11. "The Garden of Edie". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. November 12, 1990 via Google Books.
  12. "1/2 EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS "Ghost of a Dog" Geffen". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1990.
  13. Holden, Stephen (December 16, 1990). "Review/Music; Rock by Edie Brickell and New Bohemians (Published 1990)" via NYTimes.com.
  14. Willman, Chris. "WHAT IS SHE?". chicagotribune.com.
  15. "Edie Brickell". Billboard.
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