Opener “Count Me Out” sounds like a retard got his hands on some electronic equipment, rather than likesomething a duo of experienced sound engineers would’ve concocted. Then in comes “Mr. McGee”, a potential club hit with vocals by Eska Mtungwazi after which it is time for “Swing”, a breezy affair with Caribbean influences that wouldn’t have looked out of place on an early Air album. Later on there’s a bit of MIA-like insanity with “Sleeper” and folk rears its ugly head in “Pop Art Blue”.
It’s a bit of a disastrous mix of all kinds of different styles and none of them stick. I don’t know what the idea was with this album. It sounds like Zero 7 is facing one hell of an identity crisis and judging from the songs on “Yeah Ghost”, they haven’t found a way out yet.
Score: 4 out of 10
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