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'''''Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts''''' is the fifthfourth studio album by American [[ambient music|ambient]]/[[post-rock]] band [[Hammock (band)|Hammock]]. It was released on May 18, 2010 by the band's own label, [[Hammock Music]].

In addition to the standard edition, ''Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts'' was released in a limited edition format with a photobook and four-track EP titled ''[[North West East South]]''. The album received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the songwriting and production, though some reviewers criticized the album's length.

==Background==

After releasing the minimalistic ''[[Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow]]'' in 2008, Hammock wanted to create an album with "a very full atmosphere".<ref name = synchonation >{{cite web | last = Andujar | first = Carlos | url = http://synconation.com/interviews/trying-to-feel-the-winter%E2%80%A6-a-conversation-with-hammock/ | title = Trying to Feel the Winter... A Conversation with Hammock | work = Synconation | date = December 10, 2010 | accessdate = December 29, 2010 }}</ref>\. "It wasn't like an intentional reaction to ''Maybe'' rather it felt like a natural progression of what we wanted to do at the time", the band commented. "As an artist, that's the voice you have to follow."<ref name = synchonation />

==Music==

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==Reception==

{{AlbumMusic ratings

| rev1 = ''[[AllMusic]]''

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/chasing-after-shadowsliving-with-the-ghosts-mw0001975364 |title=Chasing After Shadows...Living with the Ghosts – Hammock |last=Mason |first=James |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=August 20, 2017}}</ref>

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| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zqhf/ |title=Review of Hammock – Chasing After Shadows… Living With the Ghosts |last=Diver |first=Mike |date=December 7, 2010 |work=[[BBC]] |accessdate=August 20, 2017}}</ref>

| rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''

| rev3Score = {{rating|6|10}}<ref name=drowned>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15531/reviews/4140543 |title=Album Review: Hammock – Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts |last=Ferguson |first=Robert |date=July 20, 2010 |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |accessdate=August 20, 2017 |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820202036/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15531/reviews/4140543 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''

| rev4Score = (7.3/10)<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14342-chasing-after-shadows-living-with-the-ghosts/ |title=Hammock: Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts Album Review |last=Tangari |first=Joe |date=June 16, 2010 |work=[[Pitchfork Media]] |accessdate=August 20, 2017}}</ref>

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==Track listing==

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| total_length = 72:39

| all_writing = Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson

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==Personnel==

* [[Hammock (band)|Hammock]] ([[Marc Byrd]] and Andrew Thompson)&nbsp;– guitars, vocals, percussion, [[record producer|producers]]

* [[Steve Hindalong&nbsp;]]– drums, percussion

* Tim Powles&nbsp;– drums

* Love Sponge Strings and Horns&nbsp;– [[string quartet|strings]], [[French horn|horns]]

* Matt Slocum&nbsp;– cello

* [[Christine Glass|Christine Glass Byrd&nbsp;]]– vocals

* Tim Powles&nbsp;– [[record mixer|mixing]], additional production

* [[Derri Daugherty|Derri Daughterty&nbsp;]]– mixing

* William Bowden&nbsp;– [[audio mastering|mastering]]

* Thomas Petillo&nbsp;– photography