Digital Ghosts
Studio album by
Shadow Gallery
ReleasedOctober 23, 2009
Genre
Length64:15
LabelInside Out
Shadow Gallery chronology
Prime Cuts
(2007)		 Digital Ghosts
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Lords of Metal [1](93/100)
Fury Rocks [2](8/10)

Digital Ghosts is the sixth album by the progressive-metal group Shadow Gallery. It was released on October 23, 2009, in Europe and November 3, 2009, in the U.S. This is the first album since their former singer Mike Baker died on October 29, 2008.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)LyricsLength
1."With Honor"
  • Gary Wehrkamp
  • Carl Cadden-James
  • Wehrkamp
9:59
2."Venom"
  • Brendt Allman
  • Wehrkamp
  • Cadden-James
  • Wehrkamp
6:22
3."Pain"
  • Wehrkamp
  • Cadden-James
6:22
4."Gold Dust"
  • Allman
  • Wehrkamp
  • Cadden-James
  • Wehrkamp
6:45
5."Strong"
  • Allman
  • Wehrkamp
  • Cadden-James
6:50
6."Digital Ghost"
  • Allman
  • Wehrkamp
  • Cadden-James
  • Wehrkamp
9:37
7."Haunted"
  • Wehrkamp
  • Cadden-James
9:37
Total length:55:29
Korean/Japanese Edition bonus track[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)LyricsLength
8."Stingray (featuring D.C. Cooper)"
  • Allman
  • Wehrkamp
  • Cadden-James
8:43
Total length:64:13
Special Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
8."Two Shadows"5:08
9."Gold Dust" (demo)6:01
10."In Your Window"2:52
11."World of Fantasy" (demo)4:38
Total length:74:11
  • "Two Shadows" is a reworked song (a Japanese bonus track from disc Room V) with vocals by Mike Baker.
  • "Gold Dust" is a demo version of album song with vocals by Carl-Cadden James.
  • "In Your Window" is a cappella version of the vocal harmonies from the album song "Digital Ghost".
  • "World of Fantasy" is a demo version of a non-album song with vocals by Mike Baker.

Although the tracks on the album are the same as on the cover the ID tags are all wrong. The album comes up as Prime Cuts and the tracks come up as the first 11 tracks from Prime Cuts.

Personnel

  • Gary Wehrkamp – electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, drums
  • Brendt Allman – electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Carl Cadden-James – bass guitar, fretless bass, flute, vocals (shares lead vocals on "Venom")
  • Brian Ashland – lead vocals, guitar solo on "With Honor"
  • Joe Nevolo – drums on "Venom" and "Gold Dust"

Additional musicians

  • Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear) – lead vocals on "Strong"
  • Clay Barton (Suspyre) – lead vocals on "Venom"
  • Srđan Branković (Expedition Delta, AlogiA) – guitars on "Strong"
  • Vivien Lalu (Shadrane) – keyboards on "Gold Dust"
  • Mike Baker – vocals on "Two Shadows" and "World of Fantasy"

References

  1. ↑ "Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts | Review | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - issue 97". Lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Digital Ghosts at Allmusic
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