Pale Green Ghosts

ReleasedMarch 11, 2013

GenreSynth-pop, soft rock

Length60:40

LabelBella Union

Pale Green Ghosts
Studio album by John Grant
Released	March 11, 2013
Genre	Synth-pop, soft rock
Length	60:40
Label	Bella Union
Producer	Birgir Þórarinsson, John Grant
John Grant chronology
Queen of Denmark (2010) Pale Green Ghosts (2013) Grey Tickles, Black Pressure (2015)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.3/10[1]
Metacritic	83/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Daily Telegraph	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
The Independent	[6]
Mojo	[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[9]
Q	[10]
Record Collector	[11]
Uncut	8/10[12]

Pale Green Ghosts is the second solo album by former Czars frontman John Grant, released on March 11, 2013, on the Bella Union label.^[13] Recorded in Reykjavík and produced by Icelandic musician Birgir Þórarinsson, the album features a range of local musicians alongside Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor providing backing vocals.^[13]

The title refers to the Russian olive trees that stand along the I-25 highway near Grant's childhood home in Parker, Colorado.^[14] The track "Pale Green Ghosts" includes a string arrangement inspired by the second movement of Prelude in C-sharp minor by Rachmaninoff.^[15] Pale Green Ghosts was chosen as Album of the Year 2013 by Rough Trade.^[16]