A Ghost Is Born [Bonus Track] (2004)

About this title: It's hard not to wonder if Wilco's breakthrough 2002 release, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, would have been such a critical success and so eagerly embraced by the indie rock community if it hadn't become such a cause célèbre thanks to the band being unceremoniously dropped by Reprise Records, and then signed by Nonesuch after the album had become a hot item on the Internet. Much of the critical reaction to the album, while almost uniformly enthusiastic (and rightly so), had an odd undertow that suggested the writers were not especially familiar with Wilco's body of work, registering a frequent ... read more

Tracks:

1. At Least That's What You Said
2. Hell Is Chrome
3. Spiders (Kidsmoke) [Tweedy]
4. Muzzle of Bees [Tweedy]
5. Hummingbird
6. Handshake Drugs
7. Wishful Thinking [Kotche/Tweedy]
8. Company in My Back
9. I'm a Wheel
10. Theologians [Tweedy]
11. Less Than You Think
12. Late Greats
13. Kicking Television

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.