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Revision as of 16:03, 9 October 2020

Photos of Ghosts
Studio album by
Premiata Forneria Marconi
ReleasedOctober 1973
Recorded1972–1973
GenreProgressive rock
LabelManticore
ProducerPeter Sinfield
Premiata Forneria Marconi chronology
Per un amico
(1972) 		Photos of Ghosts
(1973) 		L'isola di niente
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Photos of Ghosts is the first English language album by the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi, also known as PFM. Released in the U.S. in October 1973, it was the first album by an Italian rock group to appear on the American charts. The album peaked at No. 180 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in November 1973.

PFM was discovered by Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer while on an Italian tour. The band was signed to Manticore Records, a label created by ELP, soon after. Five of seven songs on this album have new lyrics (not translations) written by former King Crimson lyricist Peter Sinfield. Sinfield produced the new recording and mixing at Command Studios in London.

The best known song from this album, "Celebration", had significant airplay on FM Album-oriented rock stations across the U.S. and Canada. It was originally recorded in 1971 as "È festa" for PFM's first album, Storia di un minuto. The album includes a new instrumental titled "Old Rain". Photos of Ghosts includes the entirety of PFM's second album Per un amico (1972). Four of those five recordings have new English lyrics. "Mr. 9 'till 5" was originally an instrumental titled "Generale". "Il Banchetto" ("The Banquet") is a remixed version of the Italian track from Per un amico.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "River of Life" "Appena un po'" (Flavio Premoli, Franco Mussida, Mauro Pagani, Peter Sinfield) - 7:00
  2. "Celebration" "È festa" (Premoli, Mussida, Sinfield) - 3:53
  3. "Photos of Ghosts" "Per un amico" (Premoli, Mussida, Pagani, Sinfield) - 5:23
  4. "Old Rain" (Premoli) - 3:41

Side 2

  1. "Il banchetto" (Premoli, Mussida, Pagani) - 8:36
  2. "Mr. 9 'til 5" "Generale!" (Premoli, Mussida, Sinfield) - 4:11
  3. "Promenade the Puzzle" "Geranio" (Premoli, Mussida, Pagani, Sinfield) - 7:29

(titles shown in small print are the names of the original Italian language songs, from which the English recordings were adapted.)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 55
US Billboard 200 180

References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. Photos of Ghosts at AllMusic
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 237. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.



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