Living with Ghosts

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{{Infobox album

| name = Living with Ghosts

| type = studio

| artist = Patty Griffin

| cover = Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts.png

| alt =

| released = May 21, 1996

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 41:50

| label = A&M

| producer = Patty Griffin

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Flaming Red

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Cater|first=Darryl|title=Living With Ghosts|website=AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/living-with-ghosts-mw0000183522|accessdate=January 9, 2010}}

|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev2score = B{{cite magazine|last=Hajari|first=Nisid|title=Living With Ghosts|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 31, 1996|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292814,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325212810/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292814,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2007|accessdate=January 9, 2010}}

}}

Living with Ghosts is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin.{{cite news |last1=Orr |first1=Jay |title=Music City: Summer Lights shine with acts on the brink of stardom |work=Nashville Banner |date=24 May 1996 |page=C1}} It was released on May 21, 1996, by A&M Records.{{cite magazine |last1=Lanham |first1=Tom |title=Reviews |magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=Jul 1996 |issue=35 |page=39}} According to Billboard, it is Griffin's best-selling album and had sold over 222,000 copies in the United States as of January 2010.{{cite news|last=Ayers|first=Michael D.|title=Patty Griffin ventures into gospel with new album|work=Billboard|publisher=Reuters|date=January 8, 2010|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6070VJ20100108|accessdate=January 9, 2010}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Patty Griffin

| title1 = Moses

| length1 = 3:28

| title2 = Let Him Fly

| length2 = 3:11

| title3 = Every Little Bit

| length3 = 5:33

| title4 = Time Will Do the Talking

| length4 = 3:54

| title5 = Mad Mission

| length5 = 2:40

| title6 = Poor Man's House

| length6 = 4:26

| title7 = Forgiveness

| length7 = 5:00

| title8 = You Never Get What You Want

| length8 = 3:42

| title9 = Sweet Lorraine

| length9 = 5:24

| title10 = Not Alone

| length10 = 4:32

}}

Personnel

  • Patty Griffin - vocals, guitar
  • Adam Steinberg - guitar and arrangement on "Let Him Fly"
  • Ty Tyler - high-string guitar on "Time Will Do the Talking"

;Technical

  • Steve Barry - recording, mixing

References