Ghost on Ghost

Ghost on Ghost is the fifth full-length studio album by Iron & Wine, released April 16, 2013 via 4AD (worldwide) and Nonesuch in the US. The album's title is taken from the lyrics of "Grace for Saints and Ramblers" and the cover is taken from photographer Barbara Crane's series "Private Views."^[12] Ghost on Ghost exhibits jazz, pop, and R&B influences and contains a more relaxed style and approach in comparison to Beam's previous two albums, which he felt contained an "anxious tension" he wanted to move away from.^[13][14]

Ghost on Ghost
Studio album by Iron & Wine
Released	April 16, 2013
Genre	Indie pop, indie folk, jazz, blues
Length	44:04
Label	4AD, Nonesuch
Producer	Brian Deck, Sam Beam
Iron & Wine chronology
Kiss Each Other Clean (2011) Ghost on Ghost (2013) Archive Series Volume No. 1 (2015)
Singles from Ghost on Ghost
"Lovers' Revolution" Released: January 31, 2013 "Grace for Saints and Ramblers" Released: February 25, 2013

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
The A.V. Club	B+[4]
Blurt	[5]
Consequence of Sound	[6]
The Independent	[7]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[8]
Paste	8.5/10[9]
Pitchfork	6.1/10[10]
Sputnikmusic	2.9/5[11]

The album debuted at No. 26 on Billboard 200,^[15] and No. 9 on Rock Albums,^[16] selling 16,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 51,000 copies in the United States as of June 2015.^[17]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Caught in the Briars"	3:12
2.	"The Desert Babbler"	3:27
3.	"Joy"	2:30
4.	"Low Light Buddy of Mine"	3:29
5.	"Grace for Saints and Ramblers"	3:36
6.	"Grass Widows"	2:53
7.	"Singers and the Endless Song"	3:38
8.	"Sundown (Back in the Briars)"	2:18
9.	"Winter Prayers"	3:11
10.	"New Mexico's No Breeze"	4:27
11.	"Lovers' Revolution"	5:40
12.	"Baby Center Stage"	5:39
Total length:		44:04

Personnel

Iron & Wine

• Sam Beam – vocals, guitars
• Rob Burger – acoustic and electric pianos, organ (1, 4, 6, 11, 12), clavinet (4), celesta (5), hammered dulcimer (4), Jew's harp (4), tubular bells (10)
• Tony Garnier – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12)
• Tony Scherr – upright bass (3, 8, 9), ukulele bass (4), guitar (3)
• Brian Blade – drums & percussion (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12)
• Kenny Wollesen – drums & percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9), bowed vibraphone (9)
• Paul Niehaus – pedal steel guitar (2, 7, 9, 12)

Chart positions

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18]	61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19]	153
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20]	88
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21]	48
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22]	32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23]	43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24]	100
UK Albums (OCC)[25]	40
US Billboard 200[26]	26
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[26]	9
US Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums (Billboard)[26]	9