If You Have Ghost

''If You Have Ghost'' is the first EP by the Swedish heavy metal 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. " ... we were at a festival in Europe and Foo Fighters was playing, and we knew that Dave was a fan, and hen we talked to himafter 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 is studio inL.A. doing that".

The cover of "I'm a Marionette" was first released in late 2012 as the B-side to Ghost's "Secular Haze" single. 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''.

Reception

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. 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!"

''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.

Track listing

Personnel

Ghost

* Papa Emeritus II
* A Group of Nameless Ghouls

Guests

* Dave Grohl – production, rhythm guitar on "If You Have Ghosts", drums and percussion on "I'm a Marionette" and "Waiting for the Night"
* Derek Silverman – organ on "If You Have Ghosts" and "Waiting for the Night", piano on "Crucified"
* Jessy Greene – violin and cello on "If You Have Ghosts"

Additional personnel

* James Brown – recording, mixing on "Waiting for the Night"
* John Lousteau – assistant engineering
* Rich Costy – mixing
* Jeff Curtain – recording and mixing on "Secular Haze (Live)"
* Ted Jensen – mastering
* Mattias Frisk – graphic design

Charts

References

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2013 EPs
Ghost (Swedish band) albums
EPs by Swedish artists
Republic Records EPs
Rise Above Records albums
Albums produced by Dave Grohl