Hungry Ghosts (album)

Hungry Ghosts
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)
RecordedSeptember 17, 2012 – May 31, 2013[1]
StudioTarbox Road (Cassadaga, New York)
Genre
Length41:57
Label
Producer
OK Go chronology
Upside Out
(2014)
Hungry Ghosts
(2014)
Singles from Hungry Ghosts
  1. "The Writing's on the Wall"
    Released: June 17, 2014
  2. "I Won't Let You Down"
    Released: December 8, 2014
  3. "Upside Down & Inside Out"
    Released: February 11, 2016
  4. "The One Moment"
    Released: November 23, 2016
  5. "Obsession"
    Released: November 23, 2017

Hungry Ghosts is the fourth studio album by American rock band OK Go. It was released on October 14, 2014, under the band's own Paracadute record label and was produced by Dave Fridmann and Tony Hoffer. The band's first studio album since 2010's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, it is a concept album whose lyrics are mostly about the pros and cons of a relationship. The album has a more electronic and modern approach than their previous studio albums. The album was recorded over three years at Dave Fridmann's Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, New York. The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics and charted at number 74 in the Billboard 200.

The band has released five official singles from the album with accompanying music videos: "The Writing's on the Wall", "I Won't Let You Down", "Upside Down & Inside Out", "The One Moment", and "Obsession". The music video for "The Writing's on the Wall" was nominated in two categories at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Best Visual Effects, but losing to "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake and Lil Jon for Best Direction. The music video for "I Won't Let You Down" was nominated for, and later won, Best Choreography at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.

  1. ^ Fridmann, Dave. "Tarbox News/Notes". davefridmann.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.