The Ghost of the Mountain

Tired Pony

The Ghost of the Mountain

Sophomore LP from Gary Lightbody's country supergroup featuring Jacknife Lee, as well as members of Belle & Sebastian and REM

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Polydor
UK Release date
19/08/2013
US Release date
01/10/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Lightbody's perennially love-lorn, tear-in-eye songwriting benefits from a more exotic sonic wardrobe than Snow Patrol would feel comfortable in. Print edition only

  2. 6.0 |   Q

    Tired Pony now appears to have the legs for a longer road ahead. Print edition only

  3. 6.0 |   State

    A pleasant, though somewhat inconspicuous, wall of radio-friendly noise
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  4. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    If you’re looking for good, occasionally great, mature music about facing the end, The Ghost of the Mountain is a damn fine choice
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  5. 6.0 |   The Independent

    There's much to admire here, not least the broadened stylistic palette
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  6. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    The Snow Patrol singer's fretful voice and character inhabits these cinematic songs of escape, fleeting encounters and the emptiness of life on the road
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  7. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    It’s perfectly pleasant, but when they’re not doing something majorly different from their day jobs, it’s hard to know why they’re here
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  8. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    If anyone has a way with teary-eyed songwriting it’s Lightbody, and his more emotive turns of phrase find better grip within the Americana/country genre
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  9. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Apart from a bit of pedal steel and some gospel backing vocals, it sounds a lot like a Snow Patrol record
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  10. 6.0 |   The Observer

    A collection of earnest, country-tinged rock, comes loaded with the hallmarks of Lightbody's band
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