Spirit Touches Ground is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Josh Clayton-Felt, which was released through Dreamworks Records in 2002, two years after his death from cancer.
[2][3][6] Led by Laura Baker, Clayton-Felt's sister,[1] a network of friends and fans lobbied for the promotion and distribution of this long-delayed material, eventually organizing for the album completed shortly before his death to be released under the Dreamworks label in 2002.
Kevin Bronson of the Los Angeles Times wrote the album "brims with grand metaphor and unrelenting hope, the crisp, tuneful work of a singer-songwriter in full bloom.
Vanessa Bormann of Ink 19 wrote: After his early band, School Of Fish, began to drift apart and he made the decision to go solo, Josh Clayton-Felt was born.
Lisa Hummel of Mode Weekly gave an even more favorable review writing: More than posthumous blabber, the raves being lauded upon Spirit are entirely warranted.
Ever since his days in School of Fish, listeners and critics have noted that Clayton-Felt’s voice possessed a quality of clarity, emotion, and a beauty that helped drive his songs.
[5]Fufkin.com writer Gary Glauber also gave the album a glowing review, writing "the record stands as an ultimate testament to how much his talents will be missed."
Glauber goes on to write about each of the tracks and what he feels are their strong points before arriving at the following conclusion: This is gentle intimate pop with a life force and musical intelligence behind it that makes one smile.