Angels & Ghosts

Angels & Ghosts
Studio album by Dave Gahan and Soulsavers
Released 23 October 2015
Genre Alternative rock, blues rock, acoustic rock, electronica
Length 38:29
Label Columbia
Producer Soulsavers
Dave Gahan and Soulsavers chronology
The Light the Dead See
(2012)		 Angels & Ghosts
(2015)
Dave Gahan chronology
The Light the Dead See
(2012)		 Angels & Ghosts
(2015)
Singles from Angels & Ghosts
  1. "All Of This And Nothing"
    Released: 11 September 2015

Angels & Ghosts is the fifth full-length studio album from English electronica production duo Soulsavers, released worldwide by Columbia Records 23 October 2015.[1] It is their second collaboration with Dave Gahan, the frontman of Depeche Mode, as guest vocalist and songwriter, this time released under the moniker Dave Gahan & Soulsavers.

Artwork

According to Phil Gahan (Dave Gahan's younger brother), the author of the photo on the front cover of the album is Dave's daughter Stella Rose.

Release and promotion

The album was released as digital download, as well as physical CD and vinyl worldwide through Columbia on 23 October 2015. In support of the album, a tour with a 10-piece band will follow with six shows scheduled in the US and Europe in late October and early November.[1][2]

Pre-orders for the album started 11 September 2015.

The lead single from the album titled "All Of This And Nothing" was released digitally 11 September 2015. A lyric video for the song was released on VEVO 10 September 2015.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [4]
The Guardian[5]
The Observer[6]
Pitchfork Media5.7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Under the Radar7/10[9]

Angels & Ghosts received generally favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 67, based on 12 reviews.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Gahan and Soulsavers.

No. Title Length
1. "Shine"   3:40
2. "You Owe Me"   4:22
3. "Tempted"   4:19
4. "All Of This And Nothing"   4:17
5. "One Thing"   4:40
6. "Don't Cry"   4:43
7. "Lately"   4:32
8. "The Last Time"   3:57
9. "My Sun"   3:59

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 9
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13] 60
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 33
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[16] 19
Irish Albums (IRMA)[17] 62
Italian Albums (FIMI)[18] 7
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[19] 3
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[20] 29
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21] 46
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 54
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 27

References

  1. 1 2 Minsker, Evan; Monroe, Jazz (10 September 2015). "Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan Announces New Album and Tour With Soulsavers, Shares "All of This and Nothing"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Grow, Kory (10 September 2015). "Hear Dave Gahan and Soulsavers' Darkly Cinematic New Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Angels & Ghosts by Dave Gahan & the Soulsavers". Metacritic CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Yeung, Neil. "Angels & Ghost - Dave Gahan & The Soulsavers". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ Dennis, Jon (October 22, 2015). "Dave Gahan & Soulsavers: Angels & Ghosts review – doomy ballads from Depeche Mode frontman". The Guardian. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mongredien, Phil (October 25, 2015). "Dave Gahan & Soulsavers: Angels & Ghosts review – powerful and affecting". The Observer. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Rachel, T. Cole (October 26, 2015). "Dave Gahan/Soulsavers - Angels & Ghost". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ Grow, Kory (October 23, 2015). ""Angels & Ghosts", Dave Gahan, Soulsavers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Moayeri, Lily (October 22, 2015). "Dave Gahan & Soulsavers - Angels & Ghost". Under the Radar. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2015. 43. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 44, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "2015-10-30 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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