Wilco – A Ghost Is Born – Released 07/02/25

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A Ghost Is Born was released commercially on June 22, 2004, debuting at No. 8 on the Billboard chart. The album, which Mehr calls an eclectic array of dark ballads, upbeat pop songs, Krautrock chug, noise rock freakouts, and roots rock abandon, was widely acclaimed as one of 2004s best. It earned the band its first Grammy, for Best Alternative Music Album. The album also won a Grammy for Best Recording Package. For the A Ghost Is Born recording, Wilco was Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Leroy Bach, Glenn Kotche, and Mikael Jorgensen; Jim ORourke, who mixed the bands previous release Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, co-produced the album with Wilco. Leroy Bach left Wilco at the completion of the sessions and the band announced the addition of two new members: Pat Sansone and Nels Cline. Sansone and Cline toured with Wilco to promote A Ghost Is Born and that lineup has remained unchanged since 2004. As Tweedy said to writer Bob Mehr for his new liner notes, Making that record, and then finding this lineup, that was the start of something of having a band that can play anything. Thats why, 20 years later, were still here and still CD contains a bonus disc of 18 previously unissued alternates, demos, and outtakes.