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The Ghost Who Walks

Karen Elson

The Ghost Who Walks

Debut album from supermodel turned singer-songwriter produced by husband Jack White

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
XL
UK Release date
24/05/2010
  1. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Her songcraft offers an engaging blend of bluegrass, folk, cabaret and other arcane American traditions
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    A surprisingly authentic purveyor of Americana. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    As a model, Elson is a blank canvas; as a musician, she makes deft use of light and shadow in her absorbing portraits
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  4. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Rather delicious and haunting.
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  5. 7.0 |   Spin

    Her twangy, echoing soprano recalls Jenny Lewis and Loretta Lynn, aided craftily by husband/producer Jack White
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  6. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    It communicates through and through that she really loves singing these songs. Whether she's capable of making them her own isn't something The Ghost Who Walks can tell us
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  7. 6.0 |   Eye Weekly

    The Ghost Who Walks is no tossed-off vanity project; Elson had a hand in penning all but one of the songs on her debut album
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  8. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    She sounds in awe of American gothic, but otherwise we learn little of how it feels to be a girl from Oldham catapulted into what must be a very surreal life
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  9. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    There’s likable peculiarity to much of this album that warrants repeated listens
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  10. 6.0 |   NME

    As things stand, it too often feels like a watered-down version of what Jack White peddles. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Unhinged singer-songwriter is another role Elson wears with style. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Uncut

    A solid selection of songs. Print edition only

  13. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    There are lovely moments littered throughout and for the most part Elson is a convincing performer. Having said that, it's not an album that lives on in the memory, and the feeling that you've heard much of it before is hard to shake
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  14. 6.0 |   The Times

    While Elson’s voice is pretty but a touch lightweight, perhaps, given her day job, that’s allowed
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  15. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Beguiling, but a little monotonous
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  16. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Elson comes from a vacuous, empty industry. In an attempt to show that she is literally more than a pretty face she presents a side of her personality that isn’t even real
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