| If You Have Ghost | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Ghost |
| Cover: | Ghost - If You Have Ghost.jpg |
| Released: | 20 November 2013 |
| Recorded: | 2012–2013 |
| Studio: | Studio 606 (Northridge) |
| Length: | 24:43 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: | Dave Grohl |
| Prev Title: | Infestissumam |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Meliora |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
If You Have Ghost is the first EP by Swedish rock 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.
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]
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!"[5]
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.[6]
| Chart (2013) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart (OCC)[7] | 172 | |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[8] | 11 | |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 87 | |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) | 7 | |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) | 24 |