Ghost Of David

Damien Jurado | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Label: Sub Pop Records
• Copyright: 2000 Sub Pop Records
• Total Length: 43:45
• Genres:
• ASIN: B000YMWWYG
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,851 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Haunting..., December 9, 2000

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Rob Damm - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost of David (Audio CD)

"Rehersals for Departure" was merely a great album... "Ghost" is Jurado's masterpiece... it is sparer, stripped down to the bare bones. The songs are elliptical. They sound like they are 1000 years old. "Ghost in the snow" is spellbinding. "Tonight, I will retire" is the best thing he's ever written. The sound quality is remarkable. It seems the singer is in the room with you. Great, spooky late-night listening. For all fans of quiet music.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many concerns, July 13, 2001

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David Snyder (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost of David (Audio CD)

I first purchased and played this record when I was stricken with pneumonia and almost homeless, and it was just about perfect timing. Jurado here fulfills the promise of his earlier records, stripping away the (very well-done) jangle-folk-pop learnings and playing to his greatest strength: rustic, intimate, timeless confessional folk music. The characters on the brink of emotional collapse in the first part of the record fittingly give way to the hazy experimental confusion of the second. This is folk music as it was meant to be, harrowing, engaging and true.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars damien quietly blows all other music out of the water..., January 20, 2003

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Burnbrightlystar (West Chester, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost of David (Audio CD)

I picked up my first Damien Jurado album in college after a certain boy put him on a mix tape for me...and you know what mix tapes can do to your heart....Anyway, Damien has a presence which will resonate in your mind long after you are done listening to him. He is eloquent, and soft, and sings from his gut...what more can you ask for? Every album he has ever made is worth buying, but Ghost of David is a great one to start with...and please take this on car trips with you,...I think that you will find yourself listening to it again and again trying to get more from each song.