Ghosts of the Past is the fifth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Australian rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Eskimo Joe

Eskimo Joe

Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....

, released on 12 August 2011.

It is the band's first album to be released on their independent record label, Dirt Diamonds Productions. In an interview with the band, they described the album's sound as less polished than their previous album. Recording for the album began in late 2010 and finished in February 2011. The first track to be released and heard from the album's recording sessions was "When We Were Kids". On 24 June 2011, the first single titled "Love is a Drug" was released for download on iTunes and to radio stations across Australia.

Track listing

Personnel

Eskimo Joe

• Kavyen Temperley — vocals, bass, keyboards
• Stuart MacLeod
  Stuart MacLeod (musician)
  Stuart MacLeod from Scottish/English heritage is the guitarist and backup singer of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He lives in South Fremantle, Western Australia. When he was seven he lived next door to Kavyen Temperley and they have been best friends for years. Temperley and MacLeod both...
  
   — guitar, vocals
• Joel Quartermain
  Joel Quartermain
  Joel Quartermain is the guitarist, back-up singer, recording drummer and pianist of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. In 1989, he moved to Perth, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School...
  
   — guitar, drums, vocals

Performance credits

• Hunter Temperley – hey's in "When We Were Kids"
• Mia Schafer Zaics – hey's in "When We Were Kids"
• Abeni Temperley – hey's in "When We Were Kids"

Visuals and imagery

• Brad Rimmer – photography
  Photography
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• Debaser – artwork

Instruments

• Aaron Wyatt – strings
  String instrument
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   on "Sky's on Fire", "Speeding Car", "Itch", "Just Don't Feel"
• Emma McCoy – strings on "Sky's on Fire", "Speeding Car", "Itch", "Just Don't Feel"
• Rachael Aquilina – strings on "Sky's on Fire", "Speeding Car", "Itch", "Just Don't Feel"

Technical and production

• Eskimo Joe – production
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  , engineering
  Audio engineering
  An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
  
   on "Just Don't Feel" (Wastelands Version), sequencing
• Matt Lovell
  Matt Lovell
  Matt Lovell is a notable Australian record producer and mixer for many artists, such as; Something for Kate, The Mess Hall, Tom Morgan and Shihad...
  
   – engineering
• Marcus Salisbury – engineering assistant
• Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• Andy Lawson – engineering, mixing on "Just Don't Feel"
• Joel Quartermain – mixing on "Just Don't Feel" (Wastelands Version)
• Leon Zervos – mastering
  Audio mastering
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• James Hewgill – sequencing

Managerial

• Catherine Haridy – management
  Management
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Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia	12 August 2011	Warner, Dirt Diamonds	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	5249871941, 5249869322