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The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn | 
| Artist: Cocorosie
Label: Touch & Go Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $13.99
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 13354
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 306
UPC: 036172100620
EAN: 0036172100620
ASIN: B000NQR7RU
Release Date: April 10, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Rainbowarriors | | • | Promise | | • | Bloody Twins | | • | Japan | | • | Sunshine | | • | Black Poppies | | • | Werewolf | | • | Animals | | • | Houses | | • | Raphael | | • | Girl And The Geese | | • | Miracle |
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Album Description
Their third release represents another stride onward from previous works, where the girls continue to experiment with their disparate voices and clashing personalities, juxtaposing devastating ballads like "Werewolf" with exhilarating tracks like "Japan" and the jaunty single "Rainbowarriors". It's a lush, orchestral array of sounds and beauty; a vaudevillian opera, if you will.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 spooky but fun October 9, 2008
Simon Vining (Seattle, Wa)
The album is a good listen and the album is cohesive. Perhaps too cohesive as the album loses some impact if you listen to the songs out of order or in random play.
 Hermoso May 24, 2008
Carlos Guizar Ibarra
CocoRosie is a great band. i love the girls.
Es un disco hermoso. tranquilo. Estas chicas experimentan con sonidos y su voz.
Great
 Makes Bjork sound like Rosemary Clooney February 19, 2008
Joe Dryden
No insult to either songstress, either -- it's just that these chix are so unbelievably, weirdly cool, that there's really no way to define them. Perhaps "best possible fusion of ambient, foundsound, rappish electronica." Cocteau Twins fell into a Jean-Pierre Jeunet dream. Do yerself a favor and try out one of these: Animals, Werewolf, Rainbowarriors, Japan. The more you listen, the more you like.
Off the (beautiful) beaten track February 11, 2008
Paul Allaer (Cincinnati)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let me state upfront that it was my (now 18 yr. old) daughter who found out about Cocorosie some years ago, and she was really into them (still is). Of course, that peaked my interest so I had to check out the band (consisting of the 2 Casady sisters). After the 2004 debut album "La Maison de Mon Reve" and 2005's "Noah's Ark" comes the third album, which was released in April, 2007.
"The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stilborne" (12 tracks, 41 min.) starts off with "Rainbowarriors", about as accessible a track as Cocorosie has ever done. It is followed by "Promise", which reminds me of Bjork in one of her more experimental moods. In fact, the off-beat Bjork comparison comes back to me more than once on this album. "Japan" follows shortly, my favorite track of the album, an imaginative track with a harp lead-motive, but with a slight reggae undertone, just beautiful. "Animals" (at 6+ min., the longest track on here by far) uses spare instruments but with lots of underlying musical scratches and sounds. There are many dreamy tracks on the album, with not much, if any, of a melody to speak of, and if you are in the mood for it, it works great, but this is not for anyone in a hurry. In all, this is quite the album, one that I have come to play a lot more than I ever expected.
Cocorosie played at the 2007 Bonnaroo festival, in support of this album, and while my daughter and her friend saw them (and subsequently raved about it), I somehow missed them. Shame on me! I can't wait to see the Casady sisters live at some point, and I'm just as eager to see where they will take us on their next album.
Timeless & Gorgeous - A True Find October 17, 2007
Kabir Davis
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have no history of Cocorosie, and approached this album without hearing a single song off their earlier two albums.
First off, I have to say, this is one of the most beautiful album covers I've ever seen. I am a huge fan of album art as I feel its a very integral part of every album, and the time and effort spent on this particular album cover is of particular note. As a side note, the cover works especially well as Desktop Wallpaper if you can find it in HQ - its just so beautiful.
The music - well, many people have compared this to Tori Amos and Bjork, but that isn't right. I think comparing anything to Bjork these days is an insult anyway, as Bjork is no longer the revolutionary she used to be. This year, the toss up for me is between Cocorosie's album and the one by Bat for Lashes (you should get that album as well). The music on this CD is very atmospheric, but very Vaudeville as well - it goes from operatic to minimalistic all within one song. As a musical genre, I guess this would still fall under 'alternative pop' but that isn't really the best way to describe it. The one thing I CAN say is that both lead vocalists sound amazing - hitting every note just right.
This is also a very dark album. Very little joy or happiness here. In fact, within the first six songs I was entirely spent and quite low in spirits. Is this something thats on every Cocorosie album? I don't know, but over here I was left thinking that they should have added on a few happy tunes at least.
If you like deep, dark goth music thats accessible and even 'pretty', then this is the one for you.
The best way to describe it is - if you could imagine Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' set to music, this would be that CD. Hope this helps. Also, I've got to say that this holds up beautifully with repeat plays - I'm currently playing this, Bat for Lashes, and Jeff Buckley almost exclusively.
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