An unreleased solo album from Ghost founder and frontman Tobias Forge has reportedly been purchased for a staggering amount of money. According to the most expensive records sold in January this year, someone purchased Forge’s unreleased solo album titled ‘Passiflora’ for US$5,434(£4237.95). The album was apparently “released” in 2008 but has never been distributed either digitally or physically.
Per Loudwire, Forge wrote the album before he started Ghost, during the process of writing the song ‘Stand By Him.’ The song would later feature on the band’s debut album ‘Opus Eponymous.’ Though the album has not been uploaded online in its entirety, two songs from it were uploaded onto YouTube six years ago titled ‘House Of Affection’ and ‘In Enigma Schiffer.
Little else is known about ‘Passiflora,’ including its tracklist and runtime, and Ghost has released five studio albums to date, with the most recent being 2022’s ‘Impera.’ The album scored a four-star review at NME, with James McMahon writing, “How the Ghost story plays out now is a tale that will be written on empty pages, most likely in blood and from the tip of a quill – and it promises to be a tale more bold and beguiling than anything that has come prior.”
In December last year, Forge confirmed that he had begun work on Ghost’s sixth album, stating that he likes to compare what he’s doing to being a chef. “A chef with a few different interests and specialties. So you might start a few different restaurants – an Italian one, a Greek one, an Asian Fusion one. But what they all have in common is the seasoning and the decor and the interior design… the secret sauce.” He explains that while each record is like a new restaurant, each new cycle will always have the secret sauce that “will sound like Ghost” if it comes from his notebook
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