Ghost - Prequelle (2018)

Ghost - Prequelle (2018)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Ashes"   1:21

2. "Rats"   4:21

3. "Faith"   4:29

4. "See the Light"   4:05

5. "Miasma" (Instrumental)   5:17

6. "Dance Macabre"   3:39

7. "Pro Memoria"   5:39

8. "Witch Image"   3:30

9. "Helvetesfönster" (Instrumental)   5:55

10. "Life Eternal"   3:27

Total length:   41:43

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1. "It's a Sin" (Pet Shop Boys cover)   4:40

2. "Avalanche" (Leonard Cohen cover)   3:46

Total length:   8:26

Ghost Band Members / Musicians

Cardinal Copia

Papa Nihil

A Group of Nameless Ghouls

Ludvig Kennberg – drums

Steve Moore – synthesizers

Salem Al Fakir – piano, keyboards

Mark Williams – choir vocals

Deryn Edwards – choir vocals

Minou Forge – vocals (1)

Gavin Fitzjohn – saxophone (5)

Davide Rossi – orchestration (7)

Christopher May – choir vocals (7)

Mikael Åkerfeldt – acoustic guitar (9)

Vincent Pontare – choir vocals (10)

Tom Dalgety – production, recording, percussion, programming

Andy Wallace – mixing

Clif Norrell – engineer

Greg Eliason – assistant

Joe LaPorta – mastering

Zbigniew Bielak – artwork

Mikael Eriksson – photography, design

Prequelle is the 4th studio album by the Swedish rock band Ghost. It was released on 1 June 2018 and produced by Tom Dalgety. The album's first single, "Rats", was released ahead of the album on 13 April, and as of 28 July, had peaked at number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The second single, "Dance Macabre", later topped the same chart for two weeks as well. The album marked the band's strongest selling debut to date, landing at number 3 on the Billboard 200, selling 66,000 copies in its first week, with 61,000 of those being "traditional" album sales. The album's themes include medieval times and the Black Death, along with more modern subject matters.

"Prequelle" was nominated for the Best Rock Album Grammy Award at the 61st annual awards ceremony and the Swedish Grammis Award in the category of Hard rock/metal.

The album was released with five different versions of the cover art, each with the rider and horse in the foreground placed in a different position.