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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.

If You Have Ghost
EP by Ghost
Released	20 November 2013
Recorded	2012–2013
Studio	Studio 606 (Northridge)
Genre	Heavy metal doom metal
Length	24:41
Label	Republic Loma Vista
Producer	Dave Grohl
Ghost chronology
Infestissumam (2013) If You Have Ghost (2013) Meliora (2015)

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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
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

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
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

На других языках

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[de] If You Have Ghost

If You Have Ghost ist die erste EP der schwedischen Heavy-Metal-Band Ghost. Sie wurde am 15. November 2013 über Spinefarm Records veröffentlicht.

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- [en] If You Have Ghost

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[es] If You Have Ghost

If You Have Ghost es el primer EP de la banda de heavy metal sueca Ghost. Fue producido por Dave Grohl y publicado el 20 de noviembre de 2013 por Republic Records. Cuatro de las cinco canciones son covers; «I'm a Marionette» y «Waiting for the Night» fueron originalmente publicadas en varias ediciones del segundo álbum de estudio de Ghost, Infestissumam, mientras que las otras dos canciones eran nuevas. La quinta pista es la grabación en vivo de su canción «Secular Haze» interpretada en vivo el 28 de julio de 2013 en el Music Hall de Williamsburg, en Nueva York.

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