Own Your Ghost

Own Your Ghost
Studio album by
13 & God
ReleasedMay 12, 2011 (2011-05-12)
Studios
  • Alien Research Center
  • Shipwreck
Genres
Length38:31
Labels
13 & God chronology
13 & God
(2005)		 Own Your Ghost
(2011)
Singles from Own Your Ghost
  1. "Oldage"
    Released: 2011

Own Your Ghost is the second studio album by 13 & God, a collaboration between American hip-hop group Themselves and German rock band The Notwist. It was released on Anticon and Alien Transistor in 2011.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100
Review scores
SourceRating
CMJfavorable
Cokemachineglow83/100
Exclaim!favorable
Filter81%
Imposeunfavorable
Pitchfork6.0/10
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStar
The SkinnyStarStarStarStar
Spin7/10
URBStarStarStarStarHalf star

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.0 out of 10, saying: "It's still a neat project with many moments of interest, but it's disappointing that the second album doesn't cohere overall any better than the first." Eric Hill of Exclaim! commented that "Own Your Ghost wins with a rare combination of velocity and depth to track and tackle these troubled times." Mary Kosearas of Filter gave the album a rating of 81%, stating: "Ten tracks mixed with complex beats and sharp vocals gradually mature into a harmony of both fresh and electronically manipulated sounds."

Cokemachineglow named it the 42nd best album of 2011.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Adam Drucker and Markus Acher; all music is composed by 13 & God.

No.TitleLength
1."Its Own Sun"2:44
2."Death Major"4:26
3."Armored Scarves"4:30
4."Janu Are"3:32
5."Oldage"3:24
6."Et Tu"3:18
7."Death Minor"3:56
8."Sure as Debt"3:49
9."Beat on Us"5:07
10."Unyoung"3:39
Total length:38:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

13 & God

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)96

References

  1. ↑ Mehan, Brendan (March 29, 2011). "Video Premiere/Q&A: 13 And God". CMJ. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Own Your Ghost - 13 & God - Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Own Your Ghost by 13 & God". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ Mehan, Brendan (May 17, 2011). "13 And God - Own Your Ghost". CMJ. Retrieved November 21, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Betz, Chet (May 5, 2011). "13&God - Own Your Ghost". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Hill, Eric (May 17, 2011). "13 & God - Own Your Ghost". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Kosearas, Mary (May 20, 2011). "13 & God: Own Your Ghost - Anticon". Filter. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ Happel, Anthony Mark (April 27, 2011). "13 & God, Own Your Ghost". Impose. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  9. 1 2 Howe, Brian (May 17, 2011). "13 & God: Own Your Ghost". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  10. ↑ Fairall, Jer (June 12, 2011). "13 & God: Own Your Ghost". PopMatters. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ Carle, Darren (April 26, 2011). "13 & God – Own Your Ghost". The Skinny. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ Young, Jon (May 17, 2011). "13 & God, 'Own Your Ghost' (Anticon)". Spin. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  13. ↑ Uddenberg, Brett (May 24, 2011). "13 & God – Own Your Ghost (Review)". URB. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Top 50 Albums 2011 (Page 1 of 5)". Cokemachineglow. December 18, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – 13 & God – Own Your Ghost" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

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