At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 78 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 12 reviews. Ghost Notes received mostly positive reviews from music critics.
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Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores The double-LP vinyl edition released by El Camino in January 2016 features a revised track listing with three additional selections. "The Museum of Broken Relationships" was on the band's 2014 Record Store Day release MMXIV, and "Black and Blonde" is a new recording (with a new chorus and revised lyrics) of a song originally recorded by Gordon for her first solo album, Tonight and the Rest of My Life (2000). Two of the songs had previously been released. It was produced by Brad Wood, who also produced Veruca Salt's debut American Thighs. Ghost Notes was released on July 10, 2015. It's really not so much about our individual lives the way it used to be." The lyrics focused on their shared experiences, with Gordon saying, "I think a lot of the content in the new songs is about our feelings surrounding the breakup, regrets about the breakup, the thrill of getting back together. Production and release įor Ghost Notes, the four original band members collaborated more on songwriting than they had before.
The two met up for the first time in 14 years and began writing music that would become Ghost Notes.
Gordon told The Los Angeles Times that after seeing the reception from Mazzy Star's 2012 reunion she got the desire to make music with Post again. Shortly after, in 1998, Nina Gordon and bassist Steve Lack also left, leading Louise Post to release two new Veruca Salt albums with other musicians, Resolver in 2000, and IV in 2006. Following the band's 1997 release Eight Arms to Hold You, drummer Jim Shapiro quit.