{{short description|1999 album}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Ghost of Time | type = studio | artist = Iva Davies | cover = IvaDavies_GhostofTime.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1999}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Electronic, Rock | length = | label = Roadshow Music, Diva Records | producer = Iva Davies | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''The Ghost of Time''''' is a 1999 album and subsequent live show by Iva Davies. Davies was commissioned to perform for the Sydney Harbor's New Year's Eve event. For the show he reworked "Great Southern Land" into a 45-minute work. This was released as an album in the lead up to the show.<ref name="Cauchi">{{Citation | last= Cauchi | first= Stephen | title= ''The Ghost of Time'' Iva Davies | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 17 December 1999 }}</ref> The Millennial New Years performance played on Bennelong Point began at 11:30pm.<ref>{{Citation | last= Sutton | first= Candace | title= Sydney's sail of the century - Welcome 2000 | url= | periodical= The Sun Herald | date= 2 January 2000 }}</ref> The show featured Davies performing with Richard Tognetti, Rom=Pari, taiko drummers and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and was arranged by Christopher Gordon.<ref>{{Citation | last= Shedden | first= Iain | title= Timely ghost of a great anthem | url= | periodical= The Australian | date= 31 December 1999 }}</ref>
Stephen Cauchi of the Age gave the album 3 1/2 star and wrote "Enjoyable listening? If you like a hefty dose of soaring, occasionally spooky ambience, reminiscent in parts of Brian Eno's better mood pieces, then yes."<ref name="Cauchi"/> Peter Holmes in the Sun Herald gave it 7/10 and says "In a sense Iva Davies was on a hiding to nothing by reworking his widescreen Great Southern Land for performance at the Opera House on New Year's Eve. Why tamper? While the string arrangement Endless Ocean serves little purpose, the other three pieces are based around – and complement – the original."<ref>{{Citation | last= Holmes | first= Peter | title= Spins | url= | periodical= The Sun Herald | date= 12 December 1999 }}</ref> Newcastle Herald's Chad Watson wrote "The Ghost of Time, with its high emotion and strung-out eeriness, means this recording is not for everyone. But those who appreciate interpretive efforts will be haunted by this mammoth, multi-layered slice of nationalistic world music."<ref>{{Citation | last= Watson | first= Chad | title= CD reviews - Hot music | url= | periodical= Newcastle Herald | date= 2 December 1999 }}</ref>
At the 2000 ARIA Music Awards the album was nominated for the for Best Original Soundtrack Album and Davies and Simon Leadley won the ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/2000 |title=2000 ARIA Award Winners |author=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=20 August 2025 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Just don't call them babies | url= | periodical= Newcastle Herald | date= 25 October 2000 }}</ref> It peaked at number 63 on the ARIA Albums Chart.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=74}}</ref>
==Tracklist== # Great Southern Land (2000) # Walk Alone # Endless Ocean # The Ghost of Time
==Credits== *Iva Davies – Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Sampler, Computer *Richard Tognetti – Violin *Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Orchestra *Christopher Gordon – Conductor *Guy Pratt – Bass *Taikoz – Taiko drums *Rom=Pari – Sampler, Drum programming
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Category:1999 albums