Spectral Worship
Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Template:Album ratings Spectral Worship is a studio album by the indie rock band Guv'ner, released in 1998 on Merge Records.[1] The album contains a cover of "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon, re-titled "Jealous Girl".
Critical reception
The Washington Post thought that "singer-guitarist Charles Gansa, bassist-singer Pumpkin Wentzel and drummer Danny Tunick don't demolish traditional song form, but they do like to beat it up a bit."[2] Philadelphia City Paper called the album "a charming swirl of their cheeky, off-key melodicisms and experimental tweeks and wonks ... Even bassist Pumpkin Wentzel's conceptually ill-conceived cover of John Lennon's 'Jealous Guy' works with a little chutzpah."[3] NME concluded that the album "chews on exactly the same pop bubblegum as their previous releases with a nerdy hook here, a quirky instrument there (castanets, Moog, Spanish guitars, etc) but, unlike 1996’s The Hunt, it chooses to hide its considerable light under a bushel of obscurity."[4]
AllMusic wrote that "the album is a frequently brilliant combination of acoustic guitars, assorted tone waves and other varied sounds, drawing them together into minimal but highly dynamic and well-constructed pieces in a beautifully rustic, desolate ballad style."[5]
Track listing
- "Spectral Worship"
- "Chereza"
- "Love the Lamp"
- "Wounded Birds and Vampires own the Edge"
- "Anaphelact"
- "Coozwax"
- "Jealous Girl" (Lennon)
- "Time Rarely Stand Still" [sic]
- "Anything"
- "Difficulty in Openness"
- "Someone Else"
- "Spectral Workshop"
- "Welcome"
Instrumentation and Personnel
- Charles Gansa (guitar, vocals)
- Pumpkin Wentzel (bass, vocals)
- Danny Tunick (drums, marimba)
- Cindy Greene (whistling)
- Nicky Furnace (backing vocals, handclaps)
- So Yong Kim (tongue claps)
- Michael Rohatyn (vocals)
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".