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A Ghost Is Born
Studio album by Wilco
Released	June 22, 2004
Genre	Rock
Length	67:26
Label	Nonesuch
Producer(s)	Wilco, Jim O'Rourke
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Billboard (Positive) 06/26/04 Blender No. 27, p132 E! Online (B+) E! Online review is a dead link; use the Internet Archive link instead Entertainment Weekly (Moderate) 06/25/04, p161 The Guardian link Los Angeles Times (Positive) 06/20/04 NME (Negative) 06/05/04, p57 The A.V. Club (Positive) link Pitchfork Media (6.6/10) 06/22/04 PopMatters (Positive) 05/21/04 Q July 2004, p119 Rolling Stone link Robert Christgau (B-) link Village Voice (Positive) link
Wilco chronology
More Like the Moon (2003)	A Ghost Is Born (2004)	Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (2005)

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.

Contents 1 Making of the album 2 Grammy 3 Track listing 4 Bonus EP 5 External links

The album was co-produced by Wilco and Jim O'Rourke, who mixed 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 listening on the band's website months before its release.

In 2005, A Ghost Is Born won two Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Album and Best Recording Package. It was Wilco's first ever Grammy win, although they had been nominated twice before for their work on Mermaid Avenue and Mermaid Avenue Vol. II. They were playing a show in Birmingham, Alabama, at the time.

All songs written by Jeff Tweedy except where noted.

1. "At Least That's What You Said" – 5:33
2. "Hell Is Chrome" (Tweedy/Jorgensen) – 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" (Tweedy/Kotche) – 4:41
8. "Company in My Back" – 3:46
9. "I'm a Wheel" – 2:37
10. "Theologians" (Tweedy/Jorgensen/Girard) – 3:36
11. "Less Than You Think" (Tweedy/Stirratt/Kotche/Jorgensen/Bach/O'Rourke) – 15:04
12. "The Late Greats" – 2:31

In 2005, Wilco made available a free, five-track bonus EP for listeners who purchased the A Ghost Is Born CD, and played it in their computer. And in a similar fashion to the release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, these tracks were also made available in a deluxe edition of the album, which contained them on a bonus cd.

1. "Panthers" – 3:51
2. "At Least That's What You Said" (Live) – 5:56
3. "The Late Greats" (Live) – 2:41
4. "Handshake Drugs" (Live) – 6:14
5. "Kicking Television" – 2:51

• Metacritic's A Ghost Is Born review summary
• Downloadable Bonus EP help page at Wilcoweb.com
• Official list of which band member played which instrument on each song

Wilco
Jeff Tweedy | John Stirratt | Nels Cline | Glenn Kotche | Pat Sansone | Mikael Jorgensen
Ken Coomer | Max Johnston | Jay Bennett | Leroy Bach | Jim O'Rourke | Bob Egan | Brian Henneman
Discography
Albums and extended plays: A.M. | Being There | Mermaid Avenue | Summerteeth | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | More Like the Moon | A Ghost Is Born | Kicking Television: Live in Chicago | Sky Blue Sky
Singles: Box Full of Letters | Outtasite (Outta Mind) | Can't Stand It | A Shot in the Arm | War on War
DVDs: Man in the Sand | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Related articles
Uncle Tupelo | Billy Bragg | The Wilco Book | Loose Fur | Down with Wilco | Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest | Golden Smog | Jeff Tweedy discography