The Story of the Ghost

Infobox Album | Name = The Story of the Ghost
Type = Album
Artist = Phish


Released = October 27 1998 (US)
Recorded = March 1997 - June 1998
Genre = Rock
Length = 49:51
Label = Elektra Records
Producer = Andy Wallace
Reviews =
*All Media Guide Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8orz28vy054a link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/phish/albums/album/105375/review/5943208/the_story_of_the_ghost link] | Last album = "Slip Stitch and Pass"
(1997)
This album = "The Story of the Ghost"
(1998)
Next album = "Hampton Comes Alive"
(1999) |

"The Story of the Ghost" is the ninth studio album by the jam band Phish. "The Story of the Ghost" has been labeled as Phish's "funky" album. It was released by Elektra Records on October 27, 1998.

Much of the album was created from large-scale improvisation. Phish took the best moments of those jams and wrote songs around them. Many of the songs from this album formed the majority of their 1997 "funk" sound - the title track in particular - with Mike Gordon taking a much more pronounced role. The same sessions also produced "The Siket Disc". One of the funkier tracks, "The Moma Dance", features a very similar riff to "The Meters" classic funk staple "Cissy Strut".

Track listing

# "Ghost" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:51
# "Birds of a Feather" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 4:15
# "Meat" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 2:39
# "Guyute" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 8:26
# "Fikus" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 2:20
# "Shafty" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 2:21
# "Limb by Limb" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 3:32
# "Frankie Says" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 3:06
# "Brian and Robert" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:03
# "Water in the Sky" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 2:28
# "Roggae" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 2:59
# "Wading in the Velvet Sea" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:29
# "The Moma Dance" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 4:28
# "End of Session" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 1:54

Personnel

Phish:Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals:Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals:Mike Gordon - bass, vocals:Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

External links

* [http://www.phish.com/ Phish's Official Website]