The Ghost Who Walks

Karen Elson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: XL Recordings / Third Man
• ASIN: B003FVCZ90
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,430 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Ghost Who Walks

2. The Truth Is In The Dirt

3. Pretty Babies

4. Lunasa

5. 100 Years From Now

6. Stolen Roses

7. Cruel Summer

8. Garden

9. The Birds They Circle

10. A Thief At My Door

11. The Last Laugh

12. Mouths To Feed

Editorial Reviews

On her debut disc, The Ghost Who Walks, Karen Elson spins intriguingly unsettling tales of lost love, dashed hope, romantic betrayal and various crimes of passion witnessed only by the full moon. Until now, the British-born Elson has been better known as a top model. The arrangements for her small band featuring the virtuosic Jackson Smith on guitar, Elson's longtime collaborator Rachelle Garniez on accordion and vocals, and husband-producer Jack White on drums.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A delight!, May 25, 2010

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Shawn (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ghost Who Walks (Audio CD)

While this will get all sorts of attention for who she is and who she is married to, none of that matters because the album and songs stand on their own as instant classics. I feel like I could be listening to an album of standards by Gershwin, Cole Porter, or Rogers and Hart. I'm reminded a bit of Neko Case's country-fried tales; and Mrs. Elson's voice makes me think of the gals in the band Tilly and the Wall and occasionally even of Mama Cass Elliot with slightly less OOOOMPH! Just a positively delightful listen.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars audio pleasure, August 18, 2010

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ALAN PLANT (massachusetts, usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Ghost Who Walks (Audio CD)

this cd was recommended by amazon based on my purchase of white stripes albums. i cannot get this out of my cd player, my wife and i both love it. the music genre is hard to label, a cross between folk,blue grass and rock and roll. i highly reccomend this cd.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Everybody's in a band... and that's ok., August 20, 2010

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OHliviasOK - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ghost Who Walks (Audio CD)

Karen Elson AKA Mrs. Jack White has started her music career. A quick switch from being a model and rock star wife, she actually has a voice on her! It's a blue grass neo sixties style with Mr. White on the production side. Add in a few members from My Morning Jacket and you have Karen Elson's debut album. The first song, The Ghost That Walks, hooked me, which is why I have the album. Although the rest of the album is a bit disappointing. It's definitely a good place to start a career, but not an album I can listen to on repeat. Buy the song. Wait for her sophomore release. By then maybe she'll come more into her own and we will be calling Jack White Mr. Karen Elson.