The Devin Townsend Project - Ghost (#7250)

metalgod · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 5515

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The Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Ambient
Quoted: 72 / 100

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traptunderice · **Posted:** Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:57 pm

Love it. And I generally don't buy into his ambient work.

About2Crash · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:14 am

Agreed. This is about as subtle of an album as you can get, but I can't say that I don't enjoy every minute of it.

Deconstruction is a whips and chains buttfucking. This is the cigarette afterwards.

SolarSoul25 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm **Posts:** 622

About2Crash wrote:

Agreed. This is about as subtle of an album as you can get, but I can't say that I don't enjoy every minute of it.

Deconstruction is a whips and chains buttfucking. This is the cigarette afterwards.

Agreed, nice analogy.

The Silent Man · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:34 am

I think this may be my favorite of the 4 albums. And the title track Ghost is the catchiest thing I have ever heard and now one of my all time favorite Devy tracks.. 72 seems a little low but I can see why someone may not like this as much as I do.

noodles · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:46 am

The Silent Man wrote:

I think this may be my favorite of the 4 albums.

Me too. It makes me happy.

steeltoe · **Joined:** Tue May 03, 2005 8:56 pm **Posts:** 96

I think the structures of the songs are great, not to mention their contribution to the structure of the album as a whole.

devin doing some honest music

SolarSoul25 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm **Posts:** 622

I can see where people would rate the album higher, since it is a very personal album that connects at an emotional level. I took time and mutiple listens to decide where to rate it, and ultimately decided that it wasnt up there with other albums of the same vein that serve the same purpose. With that said, I consider 70's to be a very good score as I try to keep my ratings scaled back a bit.

Ness · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:30 am

I've always been a fan of his ambient stuff. So this really makes me excited.

bloodpet64 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:45 am

72? you must be trippin, this is atleast a 90. much love for this album

voxmonster · **Joined:** Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:41 am **Posts:** 204

This is a beautiful album to listen to when sitting outside with a glass of wine at sunset. I'm sure that's what it's kinda for anyway, so I guess I give it a thumbs up for what it is. I prefer more upbeat stuff for everyday listening though. To be honest, that super overproduced sound of Devin's is getting a little old to me. I would like to see him do something a little more organic sometime. I bet it would be kick ass.

SolarSoul25 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm **Posts:** 622

voxmonster wrote:

This is a beautiful album to listen to when sitting outside with a glass of wine at sunset. I'm sure that's what it's kinda for anyway, so I guess I give it a thumbs up for what it is. I prefer more upbeat stuff for everyday listening though. To be honest, that super overproduced sound of Devin's is getting a little old to me. I would like to see him do something a little more organic sometime. I bet it would be kick ass.

Pretty much my feelings as well.

noodles · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:44 pm

voxmonster wrote:

To be honest, that super overproduced sound of Devin's is getting a little old to me.

Yeah. Hope he does more albums with production along the lines of Ki.

SolarSoul25 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm **Posts:** 622

noodles wrote:

voxmonster wrote:

To be honest, that super overproduced sound of Devin's is getting a little old to me.

Yeah. Hope he does more albums with production along the lines of Ki.

I enjoyed the hell out of Ki, probably my favorite of the four.

About2Crash · **Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:45 am

i originally felt like Cory did, that it all blended together. but after a good dozen listens the songs really came into their own. i know that it says "does not apply" for killing songs, but I would say that Feater, Ghost, Blackberry, Texada, and Come as You Were all stick out and make themselves known. I think that this will be a grower of an album and one that I will return to often. I do not listen to a lot of exclusively soft music, but the stuff I do have I pump extremely regularly.

I put this album alongside The Velvet Underground and Nico, The Beatles - Revolver, Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew, and Radiohead's - Ok Computer for albums that I can listen to at any time that I need to slow down my breath and just cool down.

noodles · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:39 pm

Heart Baby gets me every time. The choir-y part at the end that it builds up to makes my skin tingly.

Bruce_Bitenfils · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:45 pm

This is the first time I don't enjoy an album coming from Devin Townsend.
I'm aging.

Ness · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:01 pm

Heard this last night for the first time. Everything he does is gold. I'm on the verge of calling this one of his best.

GeneralDiomedes · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:02 pm

Bruce_Bitenfils wrote:

This is the first time I don't enjoy an album coming from Devin Townsend.
I'm aging.

You are becoming a close minded curmudgeon? Say it ain't so!

Bruce_Bitenfils · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:06 pm

GeneralDiomedes wrote:

Bruce_Bitenfils wrote:

This is the first time I don't enjoy an album coming from Devin Townsend.
I'm aging.

You are becoming a close minded curmudgeon? Say it ain't so!

Checking what "curmudgeon" means... Hmm... Okay : IT AIN'T SO.

But really, three listens, and I just can't get into this album. I'll keep trying.

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