The Absolute Sound Super Disc List
In a decade plus worth of memorable Grammy Award winning albums, this one is probably Salvant’s most fully realized, most varied, and so her best—and that’s facing very stiff competition! It’s sonically stupendous as well. Add attractive gatefold packaging and a quiet Pallas German pressing and you have a “must have” album.Sound 10/10 Music 10/10 Michael Fremer Analogueplanet
Ghost Song, the label debut of singer/songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant. Ghost Song features a diverse mix of seven originals and five interpretations on the themes of ghosts, nostalgia, and yearning. Salvant says, "It's unlike anything I've done before - it's getting closer to reflecting my personality as an eclectic curator. I'm embracing my weirdness!"
Ghost Song opens and ends with a sean-nós (traditional Irish unaccompanied vocal style) performance by Salvant, recorded in a church. On track one, she transitions into Kate Bush's 1978 classic "Wuthering Heights". Salvant says of the song, "Wuthering Heights is a book that really struck me to my core as I was making this album, during the pandemic. And the best interpretation of the novel is Kate Bush's song."
1. Wuthering Heights
2. Optimistic Voices
3. Ghost Song
4. Obligation
5. Until
6. I Lost My Mind
7. Moon Song
8. Trail Mix
9. The World Is Mean
10. Dead Poplar
11. Thunderclouds
12. Unquiet Grave
