A Ghost Is Born

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Fundamental 1
  30:18
• 2
  Fundamental 2
  33:36
• CD 2
• 1
  Fundamental 3
  32:11
• 2
  Fundamental 4
  32:18
• CD 3
• 1
  Fundamental 5
  32:58
• 2
  Fundamental 6
  22:31
• CD 4
• 1
  1. Fundamental 7
  32:41
• Vinyl 5: A Ghost Is Born (original album)
• 1
  At Least That's What You Said
  5:33
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Hell Is Chrome
  4:38
• 3
  Spiders (Kidsmoke)
  10:46
• 4
  Muzzle of Bees
  4:56
• 5
  Hummingbird
  3:12
• 6
  Handshake Drugs
  6:07
  4.0 ★
• Vinyl 6: A Ghost Is Born (original album)
• 1
  Wishful Thinking
  4:42
• 2
  Company in My Back
  3:46
  2.0 ★
• 3
  I'm a Wheel
  2:38
• 4
  Theologians
  3:37
• 5
  Less Than You Think
  15:04
• 6
  The Late Greats
  2:31
  3.0 ★
• Vinyl 7: dBpm: Outtakes / Alternates 1
• 1
  At Least That's What You Said (8/13/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  5:12
• 2
  Hell Is Chrome (10/5/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:46
• 3
  Spiders (Kidsmoke) (9/28/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  4:47
• 4
  Muzzle of Bees (7/15/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  5:09
• 5
  Hummingbird (2/8/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:52
• 6
  Handshake Drugs (11/13/03 Sear Sound-NYC)
  7:47
• 7
  Wishful Thinking (11/1/03 Sear Sound-NYC)
  4:41
• 8
  Company in My Back (2/8/03 Hothouse-St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia)
  4:22
• Vinyl 8: dBpm: Outtakes / Alternates 1
• 1
  I'm a Wheel (August 2002 SOMA-Chicago)
  2:36
• 2
  Theologians (3/1903 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:26
• 3
  Less Than You Think (11/11/03 Sear Sound-NYC)
  2:57
• 4
  The Late Greats (7/19/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:47
• 5
  Kicking Television (3/18/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  2:59
• 6
  The High Heat (2/5/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:03
• 7
  Panthers (March 2003 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:55
• 8
  Diamond Claw (3/21/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:29
• 9
  Bob Dylan's 49th Beard (June 2002 SOMA-Chicago)
  2:22
• 10
  More Like the Moon (2/8/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  6:34
• 11
  Improbable Germany (10/7/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:38
• Vinyl 9: Unstitched: Outtakes / Alternates 2
• 1
  Handshake Drugs (First version) (6/26/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  5:09
• 2
  Hummingbird (February 2002)
  4:04
• 3
  The High Heat (2/4/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:04
• 4
  Spiders (Kidsmoke) (February 2002 SOMA-Chicago)
  6:36
• 5
  Diamond Claw (March 2003 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:44
• 6
  Muzzle of Bees (October 2003 Sear Sound-NYC)
  4:17
• 7
  Like a Stone (11/10/03 Sear Sound-NYC)
  2:23
• 8
  Leave Me (Like You Found Me) (6/26/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  7:25
• 9
  Losing Interest (11/11/03 Sear Sound-NYC)
  2:18
• Vinyl 10: Unstitched: Outtakes / Alternates 2
• 1
  Old Maid (6/26/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  2:48
• 2
  Spiders (Kidsmoke) (August 2002 SOMA-Chicago)
  4:57
• 3
  Panthers (October 2003 Sear Sound-NYC)
  3:36
• 4
  Muzzle of Bees (7/16/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:58
• 5
  Diamond Claw (10/9/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:10
• 6
  Losing Interest (7/20/03 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:16
• 7
  Spiders (Kidsmoke) (October 2003 SOMA-Chicago)
  4:40
• 8
  The Thanks I Get (6/26/02 SOMA-Chicago)
  3:16
• 9
  Two Hat Blues (March 2003 SOMA-Chicago)
  2:33
• 10
  Improbable Germany (January 2002)
  4:02
• Vinyl 11: The Hook At The Wang (10/1/04 Wang Center-Boston, MA)
• 1
  Muzzle of Bees
  5:17
• 2
  Company in My Back
  3:43
• 3
  I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
  6:24
• 4
  A Shot in the Arm
  4:56
• 5
  Hell Is Chrome
  5:38
• 6
  Handshake Drugs
  6:31
• 7
  Jesus, Etc.
  4:16
• 8
  Hummingbird
  3:39
• Vinyl 12: The Hook At The Wang (10/1/04 Wang Center-Boston, MA)
• 1
  I'm Always in Love
  3:52
• 2
  At Least That's What You Said
  5:36
• 3
  Ashes of American Flags
  6:53
• 4
  Theologians
  3:38
• 5
  I'm the Man Who Loves You
  3:45
• 6
  Poor Places
  5:43
• 7
  Spiders (Kidsmoke)
  11:44
• Vinyl 13: The Hook At The Wang (10/1/04 Wang Center-Boston, MA)
• 1
  She's a Jar
  5:43
• 2
  A Magazine Called Sunset
  3:08
• 3
  Kingpin
  5:05
• 4
  The Late Greats
  2:48
• 5
  I'm a Wheel
  4:54
• 6
  Via Chicago
  5:10
• 7
  California Stars
  5:33
• 8
  Christ for President
  3:09

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Release credits

• Bob Jackson
  mastering
• Bob Ludwig
  mastering
• Bob Mehr
  liner notes
• Brandy Breaux
  task
• Brian Lee
  mastering
• Cheryl Pawelski
  editor, mastering, task
• Chris Bellman
  mastering
• Chris Shaw
  engineer [12.4, 5.1-6, 6.2-6]
• Crystal Myers
  task
• Dan Nadel
  task
• Daniel Herbst
  task [5.1-6, 6.2-6, 12.4]
• David Bither
  executive
• David Holmes
  task
• Deborah Johnson
  task [5.1-6, 6.2-6, 12.4]
• Finn Keane
  engineer [8]
• Frank Montuoro
  guest [5], hammered dulcimer [5], task [5.1-4, 5.6, 12.4, 6.2-6]
• Glenn Kotche
  drums (drum set) [6.1-2, 6.2-5, 6.5-6, 6.6, 12.4, 5.1-6], electronic instruments [5], hammered dulcimer [2, 5, 5-6, 6], percussion [2], sampler [5], synthesizer [5]
• Haydn Johnston
  task [12.4, 6.2-6, 5.1-6]
• Jaime Herman
  legal representation
• Jason Tobias
  task [6.2-6, 12.4, 5.1-6]
• Jeff Tweedy
  task, 12 string guitar [6.1, 5.4], acoustic bass guitar [5], acoustic guitar [5.6, 6.1-2, 6.4, 6.6, 12.4], baritone guitar [4], electric guitar [12.4, 6.3-4, 6.4, 5.1-3, 5.6], electronic instruments [5], guitar [2-4], lead vocals [12.4, 6.1-6, 5.1-6], sampler [5], synthesizer [5], vocal [12.4, 5.1-6, 6.2, 6.4-6]
• Jim O’Rourke
  acoustic guitar [5.4, 6.2], bass [2, 5], bass guitar [2, 5], electric guitar [6.5-6, 5.3, 5.5-6], electronic instruments [5], guitar [3, 5-6], organ [1], piano [12.4, 5.1, 5.3, 5.3-4, 5.4, 6.4], producer [6.3-4, 12.4], sampler [5], synthesizer [6.5, 5.3]
• John Stirratt
  acoustic guitar [5], background vocals [2-6], bass [12.4, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6, 6.2-4, 6.6], bass guitar [5.1, 5.3, 5.6, 6.1-4, 6.6, 12.4], electric guitar [2, 5], electronic instruments [5], guitar [5], piano [4], sampler [5], synthesizer [5]
• Jordan McLeod
  editor, mastering
• Josh Grier
  task
• Karen Waltuch
  guest [5], viola [5]
• Karina Beznicki
  task
• Leroy Bach
  acoustic guitar [6.4-5, 6.5, 12.4], bass [4], bass guitar [4], electric guitar [3], electronic instruments [5], organ [6.2, 5.2], piano [5.1, 5.6, 6.2, 6.6], sampler [5], synthesizer [5], vibraphone [1]
• Mark Greenberg
  task
• Matt Zivich
  task [12.4, 5.1-6, 6.2-6]
• Maya Bouvier‐Lyons
  task
• Meagan Bennett
  art direction, design
• Michael Graves
  editor, mastering, task [8]
• Michael Schmelling
  photography, task
• Mikael Jorgensen
  Dubreq Stylophone [2], engineer [6.2-5, 12.4], keyboard [3, 6], organ [6.1, 6.6, 5.4], other instruments [3, 6], piano [5.2-3, 5.3-4, 5.4-5, 12.4, 6.1, 6.4, 6.6], synthesizer [6.2, 6.5, 5.1]
• Peter Buchanan Smith
  art direction, design, task, task
• Stan Doty
  task [6.2-6, 12.4, 5.1-6]
• T.J. Doherty
  assistant [6.2-6, 12.4, 5.1-6]
• Tim Barnes
  guest [6], percussion [6]
• Tim Iseler
  assistant [12.4, 6.2-5]
• Tom Schick
  additional [8.3-4, 8.6, 8.8, 10.1, 10.6, 9.3, 9.7, 9.9, 7.3-4, 7.6-7]
• Warner Swain
  task
• Wilco
  producer [9.1, 12.4, 6.4]
• Show all credits (43)

Issues

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  (Combined release view)
• A
  A Ghost Is Born

  CD
  21 June 2004
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  A
  A Ghost Is Born

  Enhanced CD
  22 June 2004
• A
  A Ghost Is Born

  CD
  23 June 2004
• A
  A Ghost Is Born

  CD
  25 June 2004
• A
  A Ghost Is Born

  2x 12" Vinyl
  2004
• A
  A Ghost Is Born

  Enhanced CD
  2004
• 

  A
  A Ghost Is Born

  2x CD
  7 March 2005
• 

  A
  A Ghost Is Born

  Digital Media
  2014
• A
  A Ghost Is Born

  CD
  15 January 2015
• 

  A
  A Ghost Is Born

  2x Digital Media (expanded edition)
  7 February 2025
• 

  A
  A Ghost Is Born

  9x CD (remastered, deluxe edition)
  7 February 2025
• 

  A
  A Ghost Is Born

  4x CD, 9x Vinyl (deluxe edition)
  7 February 2025
• 

  A
  A Ghost Is Born

  2x CD (remastered, twentieth anniversary expanded edition)
  7 February 2025