The Ghost Sonata (album)

The Ghost Sonata
Studio album by Tuxedomoon
Released	1991 (1991)
Recorded	December 1990 (1990-12)
Genre	Chamber music, ambient
Length	43:05
Label	LTM
Producer	Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon chronology
Ten Years in One Night (Live) (1989) The Ghost Sonata (1991) Solve et Coagula (1991)

The Ghost Sonata is the seventh studio album by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released in 1991 by LTM Recordings.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Funeral of a Friend"	Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig	1:09
2.	"The Ghost Sonata"	Blaine L. Reininger, Steven Brown	5:36
3.	"Catalyst"	Peter Dachert	0:42
4.	"An Affair at the Soiree"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig, Blaine L. Reininger	3:39
5.	"Music Number Two"	Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger	2:56
6.	"A Drowning"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger	2:07
7.	"The Cascade"	Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger	3:02
8.	"A Mystic Death"	Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig	2:16
9.	"Basso Pomade (Dogs Lickin' My Heart)"	Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger	2:36
10.	"Licorice Stick Ostinato"	Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger	2:19
11.	"The Laboratory" (Parts 1 & 2)	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger	5:08
12.	"Les Odalisques"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Bruce Geduldig, Blaine L. Reininger	4:10
13.	"An Unsigned Postcard"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger	3:06
14.	"Music Number Two" (Reprise)	Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger	4:19

Personnel

Adapted from The Ghost Sonata liner notes.

Tuxedomoon

• Steven Brown
• Peter Dachert
• Blaine L. Reininger

Additional musicians

• Gregorio Bardini – flute
• Graziano Benvenutti – cello
• Sabrina Franca – violin
• Marcello Galli – clarinet
• Graziano Gerboni – clarinet
• Francesco Guidobaldi – double bass
• Antonella Lisi – cello
• Roberto Mori – oboe

Additional musicians (cont.)

• Christina Ottavi – violin
• Emanuela Piccini – violin
• Sandro Rossini – violin
• Marina Santoro – violin
• Sandra Steffanini – violin

Production and additional personnel

• Drem Bruinsma – engineering
• Bruno Donini – engineering
• Gilles Martin – engineering
• James Neiss – editing
• Jerome Sandron – engineering
• Tuxedomoon – production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1991	LTM	CD, LP	LTM 2303
Belgium	1997	Cramboy	CD	CBoy 1414

External links

• The Ghost Sonata at Discogs (list of releases)