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| genre = * [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
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| label = * [[Republic Records|Republic]] * [[Loma Vista Recordings|Loma Vista]] |
| prev_title = [[Infestissumam]]
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = [[Meliora (album)|Meliora]]
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'''''If You Have Ghost''''' is the first [[Extended play|EP]] by Swedish [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]. It was produced by [[Dave Grohl]] and released on 20 November 2013 by [[Republic Records]]. Four of the five tracks are [[Cover version|covers]] of other acts; "[[I'm a Marionette]]" and "Waiting for the Night" were originally released on various editions of Ghost's second album, ''[[Infestissumam]]'', while the two others were newly recorded. The fifth is a live recording of Ghost's own "[[Secular Haze]]" from the band's performance of 28 July 2013 at [[Music Hall of Williamsburg]] in [[New York City]].
==Background==
Ghost's collaboration with [[Dave Grohl]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Foo Fighters]] happened when, before going to Nashville to record ''[[Infestissumam]]'', the band had a bunch of covers demoed and were discussing if they should squeeze them onto the album.<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/9107-ghost-bc/ |title=Show No Mercy: Ghost B.C. |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=
The cover of "I'm a Marionette" was first released in late 2012 as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to Ghost's "[[Secular Haze]]" single.<ref name="Marionette">{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=185099 |title=GHOST: Studio Version Of 'I'm A Marionette' Available On SPOTIFY |
The EP's cover art references a shot from the 1922 [[German Expressionist]] horror film ''[[Nosferatu]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blumhouse.com/2016/11/16/the-band-ghosts-many-horror-homages/|title=The Band
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 57/100<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web|title=Metacritic - Ghost B.C.: If You Have Ghost|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/if-you-have-ghost-ep/ghost-ghost-bc|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[About.com]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Tyons|first=Lodd|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fl/Ghost-BC-If-You-Have-Ghost-Review.htm|title=Ghost B.C. - If You Have Ghost Review|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122853/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fl/Ghost-BC-If-You-Have-Ghost-Review.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/if-you-have-ghost-mw0002589992 |title= If You Have Ghost - Ghost B.C.| first=James | last=Monger |publisher=[[AllMusic]] | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Consequence of Sound]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/album-review-ghost-b-c-if-you-have-ghost/ |title= Album Review: Ghost B.C. – If You Have Ghost EP | first=Adam | last=Kivel |publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]] | date=25 November 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Iowa State Daily]]''
| rev4Score = (4/5)<ref>{{cite web|last=Welshhons|first=Celeste|date=2 December 2013|url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/ames247/music/album_reviews/article_f039adf0-5327-11e3-8d18-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Album Review: Ghost B.C.'s 'If You Have Ghost'|work=[[Iowa State Daily]]|accessdate=16 January 2014|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816162506/http://www.iowastatedaily.com/ames247/music/album_reviews/article_f039adf0-5327-11e3-8d18-0019bb2963f4.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Loudwire]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://loudwire.com/ghost-b-c-if-you-have-ghost-ep-review/ |title= Ghost B.C., 'If You Have Ghost' EP – Review | first=Joe | last=DiVita |publisher=[[Loudwire]] | date=19 November 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]''
| rev6Score = 2/4<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=195398 |title= Ghost B.C. If You Have Ghost | first=Carla | last=Gillis |publisher=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]] | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rock Sound]]''
| rev7Score = (4/10)<ref>{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Jack|date=9 December 2013|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/ghost-bc-if-you-have-ghost|title=Ghost B.C. - If You Have Ghost|work=[[Rock Sound]]|accessdate=16 January 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224441/http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/ghost-bc-if-you-have-ghost|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/if-you-have-ghost-20131118 |title=Ghost B.C.: 'If You Have Ghost' Review |first=David |last=Fricke |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=18 November 2013 |accessdate=16 December 2013 |archive-date=30 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130005051/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/if-you-have-ghost-20131118 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the EP received an average score of 57, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on seven reviews.<ref name=Metacritic/> A member of Ghost revealed that [[Benny Andersson]] and/or [[Björn Ulvaeus]] from ABBA have heard their cover of "I'm a Marionette" and "loved it!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/getting-to-know-ghost-the-swedish-ghouls-answer-your-questions |title= Getting to know Ghost: The Swedish ghouls answer your questions |publisher=[[Metal Hammer]]| accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref>
''If You Have Ghost'' sold roughly 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week and reached No. 87 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ghosts-if-you-have-ghost-ep-cracks-u-s-top-100/ |title= GHOST's 'If You Have Ghost' EP Cracks U.S. Top 100 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]| accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 24:41
| title1 = If You Have Ghosts
| note1 = [[Roky Erickson]] cover
| writer1 = [[Roky Erickson]]
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = [[I'm a Marionette]]
| note2 = [[ABBA]] cover
| writer2 = [[Benny Andersson]], [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = [[Crucified (Army of Lovers song)|Crucified]]
| note3 = [[Army of Lovers]] cover
| writer3 = [[Alexander Bard]], [[Anders Wollbeck]], [[Jean-Pierre Barda]]
| length3 = 5:13
| title4 = Waiting for the Night
| note4 = [[Depeche Mode]] cover
| writer4 = [[Martin Gore]]
| length4 = 5:38
| title5 = [[Secular Haze]
| note5 = Recorded live at [[Music Hall of Williamsburg]]
| writer5 = A Ghoul Writer
| length5 = 5:28
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==Personnel==
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===Ghost===
* [[Tobias Forge|Papa Emeritus II]]
* A Group of Nameless Ghouls
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* [[Dave Grohl]]
* Derek Silverman
* [[Jessy Greene]]
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===Additional personnel===
* James Brown
* John Lousteau
* Rich Costy
* Jeff Curtain
* [[Ted Jensen]]
* Mattias Frisk
{{col-end}}
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!scope="col"|Chart (2013)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
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|align=center|172
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!scope="row"|UK [[UK Rock Chart|Rock & Metal Albums]] (OCC)<ref>[
|align=center|11
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!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Allmusic awards">{{cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/if-you-have-ghost-mw0002589992/awards |title= If You Have Ghost - Ghost B.C. Awards |publisher=[[Allmusic]] | accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref>
|align=center|87
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!scope="row"|US Top Hard Rock Albums (''[[Billboard (magazine)|
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!scope="row"|US
|align=center|24
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==References==
{{Reflist
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[[Category:2013 EPs]]
[[Category:Ghost (Swedish band)
[[Category:Republic Records EPs]]
[[Category:Rise Above Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Dave Grohl]]
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Released | 20 November 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012–2013 | |||
Studio | Studio 606 (Northridge) | |||
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Length | 24:41 | |||
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Producer | Dave Grohl | |||
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If You Have Ghost is the first EP by Swedish rock band Ghost. It was produced by Dave Grohl and released on 20 November 2013 by Republic Records. Four of the five tracks are covers of other acts; "I'm a Marionette" and "Waiting for the Night" were originally released on various editions of Ghost's second album, Infestissumam, while the two others were newly recorded. The fifth is a live recording of Ghost's own "Secular Haze" from the band's performance of 28 July 2013 at Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York City.
Background
Ghost's collaboration with Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters happened when, before going to Nashville to record Infestissumam, the band had a bunch of covers demoed and were discussing if they should squeeze them onto the album.[1][2] " ... we were at a festival in Europe and Foo Fighters was playing, and we knew that Dave was a fan, and [when we talked to him] after a few handshakes and a few laughs, we were like 'Okay, so you liked the band? So do you want to do something?' And he said yeah, and one month later we were in [his studio in] L.A. doing that".[1][2]
The cover of "I'm a Marionette" was first released in late 2012 as the B-side to Ghost's "Secular Haze" single.[3] In late 2013, all of the tracks from If You Have Ghost were included in a special edition of Infestissumam, called Infestissumam Redux.
The EP's cover art references a shot from the 1922 German Expressionist horror film Nosferatu.[4]
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 57/100[5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
About.com | [6] |
AllMusic | [7] |
Consequence of Sound | [8] |
Iowa State Daily | (4/5)[9] |
Loudwire | [10] |
Now | 2/4[11] |
Rock Sound | (4/10)[12] |
Rolling Stone | [13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the EP received an average score of 57, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on seven reviews.[5] A member of Ghost revealed that Benny Andersson and/or Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA have heard their cover of "I'm a Marionette" and "loved it!"[14]
If You Have Ghost sold roughly 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week and reached No. 87 on the Billboard 200.[15]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "If You Have Ghosts" (Roky Erickson cover) | Roky Erickson | 3:32 |
2. | "I'm a Marionette" (ABBA cover) | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus | 4:50 |
3. | "Crucified" (Army of Lovers cover) | Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck, Jean-Pierre Barda | 5:13 |
4. | "Waiting for the Night" (Depeche Mode cover) | Martin Gore | 5:38 |
5. | "Secular Haze" (Recorded live at Music Hall of Williamsburg) | A Ghoul Writer | 5:28 |
Total length: | 24:41 |
Personnel
Ghost
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Guests
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Additional personnel
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Charts
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart (OCC)[16] | 172 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[17] | 11 |
US Billboard 200[18] | 87 |
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[18] | 7 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18] | 24 |
References
- ^ a b "Show No Mercy: Ghost B.C." Pitchfork Media. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b "A Nameless Ghoul from Ghost B.C. on Papa Emeritus II being too evil for the Vatican". westword.com. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "GHOST: Studio Version Of 'I'm A Marionette' Available On SPOTIFY". Blabbermouth.net. 19 January 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Rob Galluzzo (16 November 2016). "The Band GHOST's Many Horror Homages". Blumhouse. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Metacritic - Ghost B.C.: If You Have Ghost". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Tyons, Lodd. "Ghost B.C. - If You Have Ghost Review". About.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ Monger, James. "If You Have Ghost - Ghost B.C." AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Kivel, Adam (25 November 2013). "Album Review: Ghost B.C. – If You Have Ghost EP". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Welshhons, Celeste (2 December 2013). "Album Review: Ghost B.C.'s 'If You Have Ghost'". Iowa State Daily. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ DiVita, Joe (19 November 2013). "Ghost B.C., 'If You Have Ghost' EP – Review". Loudwire. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Gillis, Carla. "Ghost B.C. If You Have Ghost". Now. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Rogers, Jack (9 December 2013). "Ghost B.C. - If You Have Ghost". Rock Sound. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ Fricke, David (18 November 2013). "Ghost B.C.: 'If You Have Ghost' Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ "Getting to know Ghost: The Swedish ghouls answer your questions". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "GHOST's 'If You Have Ghost' EP Cracks U.S. Top 100". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ CHART: CLUK Update 30.11.2013 (wk47) (in German). zobbel.de. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ 2013 Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive: 30th November 2013. officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "If You Have Ghost - Ghost B.C. Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 January 2014.