Robert Forster The Evangelist

Uncut: 5 stars out of 5 -- "['From Ghost Town' is] a meditation on loss, suspended on a plaintive piano figure....It's lovely, and lonely, and utterly heartbreaking."
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item number:  W5W9
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CD Details

  • Released: April 29, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Yep Roc Records

Entertainment Reviews:

Spin - p.108
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e's got a gift for importing cosmic subjects like mortality and transcendence into vivid everyday vignettes..."
Uncut - p.101
5 stars out of 5 -- "['From Ghost Town' is] a meditation on loss, suspended on a plaintive piano figure....It's lovely, and lonely, and utterly heartbreaking."
Q (Magazine) - p.135
4 stars out of 5 -- "[The songs] sparkle with a wit, love of language and offbeat invention that has always characterised Forster's best work."
Mojo (Publisher) - p.114
3 stars out of 5 -- "Forster lays his emotions on his sleeve. Beautiful and heartfelt."
Blender (Magazine) - p.76
4 stars out of 5 -- "Conjuring doubts and hopes with focused tenderness, Forster's writing has never been surer."
Paste (magazine) (p.61) - "THE EVANGELIST defies the odds but delivering an album at once haunted by McLennan's memory and made magical by his implied contribution."

Tracks:

  • 1.If It Rains
  • 2.Demon Days
  • 3.Pandanus
  • 4.Did She Overtake You
  • 5.The Evangelist
  • 6.Let Your Light In, Babe
  • 7.A Place To Hide Away
  • 8.Don't Touch Anything
  • 9.It Ain't Easy
  • 10.From Ghost Town

Product Info

  • UPC: 634457218628
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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