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A Ghost Is Born
Rock · 2004 · 12 tracks

A Ghost Is Born

Wilco

A jagged, brilliant document of tension and release. Brittle guitar solos collide with hypnotic motorik rhythms and fifteen minutes of challenging digital drone.

June 21, 2004 · Nonesuch

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A tense, jittery exploration of internal pressure that alternates between hushed vulnerability and abrasive catharsis.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
At Least That’s What You Said
5:36
02
Hell Is Chrome
4:42
03
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
10:50
04
Muzzle of Bees
5:00
05
Hummingbird
3:16
06
Handshake Drugs
6:11
07
Wishful Thinking
4:46
08
Company in My Back
3:50
09
I’m a Wheel
2:42
10
Theologians
3:41
11
Less Than You Think
15:06
12
The Late Greats
2:31
Moments Worth Listening For
The sudden transition from a fragile piano ballad to a violent, stuttering guitar explosion on track 1
The relentless, ten-minute hypnotic pulse of Spiders (Kidsmoke) that feels like a machine slowly coming to life
The way the lush pop melody of Hummingbird provides a brief, sunny respite before the record turns inward again
The grueling twelve-minute wall of high-frequency digital hum that concludes Less Than You Think
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does A Ghost Is Born sound next to the rest of Wilco's catalogue?

Anxious+2.2σ

Anxious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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