A Ghost is Born
Album by Wilco
Released	June 22, 2004
Recorded	Unknown
Genre	Alternative country
Length	67 min 26 sec
Record label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Wilco and Jim O'Rourke
Professional reviews
AllMusic.com	4 of 5	[1] (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Aif9ds33wa3mg/3)
Billboard	Positive, though difficult	[2] (http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/album_article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000535488/6)
Blender	Requires much of the listener	#27, pg. 132
E! Online	B+	[3] (http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,3238,00.html/2)
Entertainment Weekly	Moderate	25 June 2004, pg. 161
The Guardian	4 of 5	[4] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1246656,00.html/5)
The Los Angeles Times	Positive	20 June 2004
New Musical Express	Poor	5 June 2004, pg. 57
Q	4 of 5	Jul 2004, pg. 119
Rolling Stone	4 of 5	[5] (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=6187605&pageid=rs.Reviews&pageregion=triple1/4)
The Village Voice	Superior to the previous album	[6] (http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0425/hunter.php/7)
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

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)
13. CD Data Track

External link

• Metacritic's A Ghost Is Born review summary (http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/wilco/ghostisborn/)