A Ghost Is Born

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A Ghost Is Born
Image:WilcoAGhostIsBorn.jpg
Album by Wilco
Released	June 22 2004
Recorded	Unknown
Genre	Rock
Length	67 min 26 sec
Label	Nonesuch
Producer(s)	Wilco, Jim O'Rourke
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Image:4 out of 5.png link Billboard (Positive) link Blender (Moderate) No. 27, p132 E! Online (B+) link Entertainment Weekly (Moderate) 06/25/04, p161 The Guardian Image:4 out of 5.png link Los Angeles Times (Positive) 06/20/04 NME (Negative) 06/05/04, p57 The Onion (Positive) link Pitchfork Media (6.6/10) 06/22/04 PopMatters (Positive) 05/21/04 Q Image:4 out of 5.png July 2004, p119 Rolling Stone Image:4 out of 5.png link Robert Christgau (B-) link Village Voice (Positive) link
Wilco chronology
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)	A Ghost Is Born (2004)	N/A

A Ghost Is Born is an album by the band Wilco. It was released on June 22, 2004. A Ghost Is Born reached the top ten of the US album charts, the best performance by a Wilco album to date. It also debuted in the top fifty of the Australian album charts.

Making of the album

The album was co-produced by Wilco and Jim O'Rourke, who produced Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the band's previous album, and has also worked with Sonic Youth. The release of the album was delayed after lead singer Jeff Tweedy went into rehabilitation for addiction to migraine painkillers. The album was available for download months before its release.

Track listing

(All songs written by Wilco)

1. "At Least That's What You Said - 5:33
2. "Hell Is Chrome" - 4:38
3. "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" - 10:46
4. "Muzzle of Bees" - 4:56
5. "Hummingbird" - 3:11
6. "Handshake Drugs" - 6:07
7. "Wishful Thinking" - 4:41
8. "Company in My Back" - 3:46
9. "I'm a Wheel" - 2:37
10. "Theologians" - 3:36
11. "Less Than You Think" - 15:04
12. "The Late Greats" - 2:31

External link

• Metacritic's A Ghost Is Born review summary