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A Ghost Is Born
by Wilco
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Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
2.9319
Avg. Critic Score:
3.0890
A Ghost Is Born Album Reviews
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Stylus MagazineOn almost every level, Jeff Tweedy and Co. have concocted the perfect follow-up to an epochal, career-defining record--taking greater risks and yielding deeper rewards--and finding more challenging ways to channel pain that just won’t quit. ...more
PopMattersEvery aspect of the project is an improvement on the last. ...more
Yahoo! MusicSnatched from the brink of potential professional disaster in 2002 by Fate’s uncharacteristically helping hand, it seems Wilco found themselves teetering on the edge again as they approached their fifth album. ...more
Rolling StoneWhere Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sounded dense and surreal, the bulk of Ghost is spare and earthy, with streaks of Crazy Horse, the Band, the Beatles and the Replacements. ...more
Rolling StoneHey, what happened to the funny noises? That's bound to be any fan's first reaction to Wilco's latest metamorphosis, yet another sharp turn, in sound and mood, for a band that seems compelled to change with every album. ...more
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The Daily Vault Album Reviews
One of the biggest challenges any artist faces is following up success. Your audience might have been wowed last time, but what have you done to impress us lately?Wilco's 2002 discYankee Hotel Foxtrotwas one of the great albums of the young century,...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews
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E! Online
If the album weren't so agreeably off-kilter--short, whispery tunes alternate with long, rambling epics--its mix of guitars and piano would almost seem like the stuff you'd hear on rockers like Layla or Abbey Road....read the complete review at E! Online
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Alternative Press
It's important that albums like Ghost exist--but unfortunately, those albums don't always make the most enjoyable...read the complete review at Alternative Press
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The Austin Chronicle
Another heartbreaking work of staggering genius from Jeff Tweedy & Co.? Well, no. Being dark and challenging the audience that worshipped you as a "rock" band doesn't automatically make you brilliant (see Thom Yorke). But Wilco'sA Ghost Is...read the complete review at The Austin Chronicle
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The A.V. Club
Wilco's A Ghost Is Born doesn't sound much like its predecessor, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. In fact, it doesn't sound much like any Wilco album, except when it sounds like old Wilco tracks played at the wrong speed. Still, it follows logically from what's...read the complete review at The A.V. Club
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