Wise Up Ghost

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

Personnel

Musicians

  • Elvis Costello – Ampeg Baby Bass, composer, baritone guitar, distortion guitar, rhythm guitar, horn arrangements, melodica, organ, piano, producer, vocals, Wah Wah guitar, Wurlitzer piano
  • Questlove – drums, producer, composer
  • Ray Angry – bells, clavinet, Farfisa organ, keyboards, organ, piano
  • James Poyser – keyboards, piano
  • Kirk Douglas – guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Mark Kelley – bass
  • Matt Cappy – flugelhorn, horn arrangements, trumpet
  • Frank "Knuckles" Walker – bells, chimes, percussion, tambourine
  • Korey Riker – horn arrangements, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxophone
  • Marisol "La Marisoul" Hernandez – featured artist, translation, vocals
  • Robert Berg – viola
  • Sally Berman – violin
  • Diane Birch – backing vocals
  • Damon Bryson – sousaphone
  • Alex Budman – bass clarinet
  • Mark Cargill – violin
  • Bob Carr – bassoon, contrabassoon
  • Drew Dembowski – bass
  • Chris Farr – flute, horn arrangements, saxophone
  • Mike Ferrill – violin
  • Roland Kato – viola
  • Anna Kostyuchek – violin
  • The Brent Fischer Orchestra – featured artist on tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 and 12
  • Sam Fischer – violin
  • Steve Hughes – euphonium
  • Alex Gorlovsky – violin
  • Miguel Martinez – cello
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Kazi Pitelka – viola
  • Kevan Torfeh – cello
  • Cecilia Tsan – cello
  • Ken Wild – bass
  • Elizabeth Wilson – violin
  • Bill Reichenbach – contrabass trombone, euphonium, tuba

Production

  • Ahmir Thompson – composer, producer
  • Steven Mandel – engineer, horn arrangements, mixing, producer, composer
  • Mike Cashin – assistant engineer
  • Brendan Steele – assistant engineer
  • Brent Fischer – conductor, orchestration
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Assa Drori – concert master, contractor
  • Eric Eylands – production assistant
  • Nicole Frantz – creative director
  • Keith Horn – production assistant
  • Guadalupe Jolicoeur – translation
  • Sebastián Krys – vocal engineer
  • Dave Kutch – mastering
  • Colin Nairne – session coordinator
  • Frank Rodriguez – production assistant
  • Felix Romero – production assistant
  • Claris Sayadian-Dodge – production assistant
  • Coco Shinomiya – art direction
  • Richard Stolz – vocal engineer
  • Ben Greenman – liner notes

Charts

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

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