In Stormy Nights

In Stormy Nights is the final studio album by the Japanese band Ghost. It was released by Drag City in 2007.

In Stormy Nights
Studio album by
Ghost
ReleasedJanuary 23, 2007
Recorded2004-2006
GenreNeo-psychedelia
Experimental rock
Length62:27
LabelDrag City
Ghost chronology
Hypnotic Underworld
(2005)		 In Stormy Nights
(2007)		 Overture: Live in Nippon Yusen Soko 2006
(2007)

Track listing

The CD and LP releases of the album have slightly different track listings.[1][2] These are as follows:

CD track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Motherly Bluster"5:19
2."Hemicyclic Anthelion"28:05
3."Water Door Yellow Gate"5:56
4."Gareki No Toshi"7:50
5."Caledonia (Cromagnon cover) [3]"5:34
6."Grisaille"9:43

LP track listing
  1. "Hemicyclic Anthelion"
  2. "Water Door Yellow Gate"
  3. "Gareki No Toshi"
  4. "Motherly Bluster"
  5. "Caledonia"
  6. "Grisaille"
  7. "Caledonia (Sing Together Mix)" (LP only)

Personnel

The following people contributed to In Stormy Nights:[4]

  • Masaki Batoh - Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
  • Takuyuki Moriya - Double Bass
  • Kazuo Ogino - Analogue Synthesizer, Gaita, Kaval, Piano, Recorder (Tenor)
  • Taishi Takizawa - Flute, Producer, Saxophone, Theremin, Vibraphone
  • Junzo Tateiwa - Cymbals, Drums, Frame Drum, Tabla, Tympani [Timpani]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Pitchfork Media8.0/10 link
Slant Magazine link
Stylus MagazineB+ link

In Stormy Nights has received mostly positive reviews from critics. The album currently has a 76 out of 100 rating on the review aggregate site Metacritic, which indicates "generally favorable reviews."[5]

Reviewer Matthew Murphy of Pitchfork Media gave the album an 8.0/10, writing "And though In Stormy Nights... can hardly be said to be a perfect work, one has to admire and celebrate Ghost's determination never to step in the same river twice."[6] In another positive review, Allmusic's Thom Jurek called the album "A work of absolute beauty, chaos, seductive darkness and cosmic light."[7] Andrew Gaerig of Stylus Magazine gave the album a B+, writing that In Stormy Nights "is easily their most unhinged, aggressive record; they make a show of steamrolling their subtler instincts."[8]

Not all reviews were positive, though. Both Dusted Reviews' Matthew Wuethrich and Almost Cool's Aaron Coleman criticized the track "Hemicyclic Anthelion." Wuethrich called the track "bloated and forced," while Coleman wrote that the track "just completely derails what would otherwise be a fairly solid and concise album."[9][10] In another negative review, Slant Magazine's Jimmy Newlin criticized In Stormy Nights for its lack of warmth, writing "Maybe pastiche is inevitable, even in the Japanese avant garde scene, but can't it at least be a little more fun?"[11]

gollark: So I guess if you consider license costs our terrestrial TV is *not* free and costs a bit more than Netflix and stuff. Oops.
gollark: - it funds the BBC, but you have to pay it if you watch *any* live TV, or watch BBC content online- it's per property, not per person, so if you have a license, and go somewhere without a license, and watch TV on some of your stuff, you are breaking the law (unless your thing is running entirely on battery power and not mains-connected?)- it costs about twice as much as online subscription service things- there are still black and white licenses which cost a third of the priceBut the enforcement of it is even weirder than that:- there are "TV detector vans". The BBC refuses to explain how they actually work in much detail. With modern TVs I don't think this is actually possible, and they probably can't detect iPlayer use, unless you're stupid enough to sign up with your postcode (they started requiring accounts some years ago).- enforcement is apparently done by some organization with almost no actual legal power (they can visit you and complain, but not *do* anything without a search warrant, which is hard to get)- so they make up for it by sending threatening and misleading letters to try and get people to pay money
gollark: Hold on, I wrote a summary ages ago.
gollark: TV licenses aren't EXACTLY that, they're weirder.
gollark: The UK does free terrestrial TV, I don't think satellite is much of a thing here.

References
  1. Ghost (2) – In Stormy Nights (Vinyl,LP,Album). Discogs. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. Ghost (2) – In Stormy Nights (CD,Album). Discogs. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  3. Jurek, Thom. "Overview—Cave Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  4. In Stormy Nights - Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved 23 June 2011
  5. "Ghost: In Stormy Nights (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  6. Murphy, Matthew. Album Reviews: In Stormy Nights Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 May 2011
  7. Jurek, Thom. In Stormy Nights - Ghost. Allmusic. Retrieved 12 May 2011
  8. Gaerig, Andrew. Ghost - In Stormy Nights. Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2011
  9. Wuethrich, Matthew. Ghost - In Stormy Nights. Dusted Reviews. Retrieved 12 May 2011
  10. Coleman, Aaron. Ghost-In Stormy Nights. Almost Cool. Retrieved 12 May 2011
  11. Newlin, Jimmy. Ghost: In Stormy Nights. Slant Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2011
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