Popestar (Extended Play) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Tracklist
A1        Square Hammer
Written-By – A Ghoul Writer
3:59
A2        Nocturnal Me
Written-By – Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete De Freitas, Will Sergeant
5:13
A3        I Believe
Written-By – James Ford, Jas Shaw, Simon Lord
4:06
B1        Missionary Man
Written-By – Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart*
3:42
B2        Bible
Written-By – Christian Falk, Fred Asp, Per Hägglund, Joakim Thåström*
6:34

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Loma Vista Recordings
Copyright © – Loma Vista Recordings
Copyright © – Papastrello Songs
Copyright © – BMG Gold Songs
Manufactured By – Concord Music Group, Inc.
Distributed By – Concord Music Group, Inc.
Recorded At – Gardenia Studio, Linköping
Mixed At – Psalm Studio, Bath
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Published By – BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Published By – Wb Music Corp.
Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By – Kobalt Music Publishing
Published By – Kobalt Music Services Ltd.
Published By – Universal Music-Careers
Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Published By – BMG Platinum Songs
Published By – BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia AB
A&R [Scandinavia For Polydor Music] – Nicholas Johansson
A&R [Worldwide For Loma Vista Recordings] – Ryan Whalley, Tom Whalley
Artwork [Label] – David M. Brinley
Backing Vocals – Sofia Kempe (tracks: B1, B2)
Booking [North America] – A.G.I., Nick Storch
Booking [Worldwide] – John Jackson (18), K2 Agency*
Design [Package] – Mikael Eriksson*
Engineer [Additional, Assistant], Programmed By [Additional, Assistant] – Markus Crona
Engineer [Additional], Programmed By [Additional] – Niels Nielsen
Harmonica – Brian Reed (tracks: B1)
Management – Kristen Mulderig, Rick Sales, The R.S.E. Group
Mastered By – Joe LaPorta
Performer – Group Of Nameless Ghouls, Papa Emeritus III
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Tom Dalgety
Sleeve [Artwork] – Necropolitus Cracoviensis Zbigniew Bielak*
Made in the U.S.A.

Track A2 originally performed by Echo & The Bunnymen.
Track A3 originally performed by Simian Mobile Disco.
Track B1 originally performed by Eurythmics.
Track B2 originally performed by Imperiet.

The second EP from the macabrely debonair Swedes, Popestar finds Ghost parsing through their vestment-black Rolodex and pulling out a compelling five-track set that pairs their most commercial-sounding original offering to date with a quartet of equally earworm-heavy covers. If "Square Hammer" is indicative of what's to come after 2015's Grammy Award-winning Meliora, then fans are likely to find themselves continuing to wrestle with whether or not Ghost is a pop band disguised as Satan's little helpers or the sonic incarnation of the great trickster itself. Flush with hooks and sounding for all the world like a mashup of Savage Amusement-era Scorpions and peak Blue ?yster Cult, it's a bold blast of rock radio might, and it acts as the perfect setup for the sugary, witches cauldron-brewed stew that follows. A faithful albeit hammer of the gods-heavy rendering of Echo & the Bunnymen's "Nocturnal Me" kicks things off, followed by a deconstructed, goth-tastic take on Simian Mobile Disco's "I Believe" and a winking, UFC montage-disposed reading of Eurythmics' "Missionary Man," but Ghost save the best for last. "Bible," an ecclesiastical late-'80s power ballad from Stockholm alt-rock giants Imperiet, is shown great respect, and suggests that Papa Emeritus and his nameless ghouls may have honed their dark arts via air guitars and toothbrush microphones in front of their bedroom mirrors, emulating its muscular stadium pageantry. That is, until a sinister voice-over, which does not appear in the original version, chimes in at the end with "I will wipe from the face of the earth this human race I have created," effectively tamping down the coffin lid on whatever sorry bit of salvation the track's previous owners had managed to conjure. ~ James Christopher Monger

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: 12"
• Released: 9/16/2016