Wise Up Ghost

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Wise Up Ghost
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Studio album by
Elvis Costello and the Roots
Released17 September 2013
Recorded2012–2013
Genre
Length55:54
Label Blue Note
Producer Elvis Costello, Questlove, Steven Mandel
Elvis Costello chronology
National Ransom
(2010)		Wise Up Ghost
(2013)		 Look Now
(2018)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walk Us Uptown"Elvis Costello, Ahmir Thompson, Steven Mandel3:22
2."Sugar Won't Work"Costello, Thompson, Mandel3:31
3."Refuse to Be Saved"Costello, Thompson, Mandel4:23
4."Wake Me Up"Costello, Thompson, Mandel5:52
5."Tripwire"Costello, Thompson, Mandel4:28
6."Stick Out Your Tongue"Costello, Thompson, Mandel5:28
7."Come the Meantimes"Costello, Thompson, Mandel, Ronald Dunbar, Daphne Ann Dozier, Edythe Vernelle Craighead 3:53
8."(She Might Be A) Grenade"Costello, Thompson, Mandel4:36
9."Cinco Minutos Con Vos"Costello, Thompson, Mandel5:01
10."Viceroy's Row"Costello, Thompson, Mandel5:01
11."Wise Up Ghost"Costello, Thompson, Mandel6:27
12."If I Could Believe"Costello3:58
Deluxe CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."My New Haunt"Costello, Thompson, Mandel4:39
14."Can You Hear Me?"Costello, Thompson, Mandel6:27
15."The Puppet Has Cut His Strings"Costello, Thompson, Ray Angry4:57

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [25] 40
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [26] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [27] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [28] 129
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [29] 31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [30] 35
French Albums (SNEP) [31] 131
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [32] 29
Irish Albums (IRMA) [33] 30
Italian Albums (FIMI) [34] 68
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [35] 26
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [36] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [37] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [38] 28
US Billboard 200 [39] 16

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