Ghosts & graffiti

"The presence on Ghosts & Graffiti of strong new songs such as Inch By Inch and single Coming Back to You suggest that Thea Gilmore is not short of ideas. Yet much of the album consists of rerecordings of crowdpleasers from her 17-year back catalogue. These new versions do justice to the songs but they're not radical reworkings - in some cases, as with London and Start as We Mean to Go On, they are indistinguishable from the originals".

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"Any compilation not dictated by chart positions will inevitably spark debate about inclusions and exclusions, but such is the depth of Gilmore's 13 studio albums that it's an impossible task. Put together as a look over the horizon with one eye on the rear view mirror, Ghosts & Graffiti sees Gilmore looking back through lenses, if not rose tinted, then of a far less darker hue ... On the whole, there's a cohesive feel to the 20 tracks but for those who have followed her career it will be regarded as something of a `filler' between releases. But the fact it's her first top 40 album tells you how much her music matters to those alive to her considerable charms".

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