If You Have Ghost

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.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/9107-ghost-bc/ |title=Show No Mercy: Ghost B.C. |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=12 April 2013 |accessdate=7 October 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2013/04/a_nameless_ghoul_from_ghost_bc.php |title=A Nameless Ghoul from Ghost B.C. on Papa Emeritus II being too evil for the Vatican |website=westword.com |date=17 April 2013 |accessdate=7 October 2015 |archive-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020093554/http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2013/04/a_nameless_ghoul_from_ghost_bc.php |url-status=dead }} " ... 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".

The cover of "I'm a Marionette" was first released in late 2012 as the B-side to Ghost's "Secular Haze" single.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=185099 |title=GHOST: Studio Version Of 'I'm A Marionette' Available On SPOTIFY |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=19 January 2013 |accessdate=7 October 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.blumhouse.com/2016/11/16/the-band-ghosts-many-horror-homages/|title=The Band GHOST's Many Horror Homages|date=16 November 2016|author=Rob Galluzzo|website=Blumhouse|access-date=13 February 2017}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 57/100{{cite web|title=Metacritic - Ghost B.C.: If You Have Ghost|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/if-you-have-ghost-ep/ghost-ghost-bc|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=16 December 2013}}

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Tyons|first=Lodd|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fl/Ghost-BC-If-You-Have-Ghost-Review.htm|title=Ghost B.C. - If You Have Ghost Review|publisher=About.com|access-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122853/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fl/Ghost-BC-If-You-Have-Ghost-Review.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/if-you-have-ghost-mw0002589992 |title= If You Have Ghost - Ghost B.C.| first=James | last=Monger |publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=16 December 2013}}

| rev3 = Consequence of Sound

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/album-review-ghost-b-c-if-you-have-ghost/ |title= Album Review: Ghost B.C. – If You Have Ghost EP | first=Adam | last=Kivel |publisher=Consequence of Sound | date=25 November 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}

| rev4 = Iowa State Daily

| rev4Score = (4/5){{cite web|last=Welshhons|first=Celeste|date=2 December 2013|url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/ames247/music/album_reviews/article_f039adf0-5327-11e3-8d18-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Album Review: Ghost B.C.'s 'If You Have Ghost'|work=Iowa State Daily|accessdate=16 January 2014|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816162506/http://www.iowastatedaily.com/ames247/music/album_reviews/article_f039adf0-5327-11e3-8d18-0019bb2963f4.html|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Loudwire

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=http://loudwire.com/ghost-b-c-if-you-have-ghost-ep-review/ |title= Ghost B.C., 'If You Have Ghost' EP – Review | first=Joe | last=DiVita |publisher=Loudwire | date=19 November 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}

| rev6 = Now

| rev6Score = 2/4{{cite news|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=195398 |title= Ghost B.C. If You Have Ghost | first=Carla | last=Gillis |publisher=Now | accessdate=16 December 2013}}

| rev7 = Rock Sound

| rev7Score = (4/10){{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Jack|date=9 December 2013|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/ghost-bc-if-you-have-ghost|title=Ghost B.C. - If You Have Ghost|work=Rock Sound|accessdate=16 January 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224441/http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/ghost-bc-if-you-have-ghost|url-status=dead}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/if-you-have-ghost-20131118 |title=Ghost B.C.: 'If You Have Ghost' Review |first=David |last=Fricke |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=18 November 2013 |accessdate=16 December 2013 |archive-date=30 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130005051/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/if-you-have-ghost-20131118 |url-status=dead }}

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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!"{{cite news|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/getting-to-know-ghost-the-swedish-ghouls-answer-your-questions |title= Getting to know Ghost: The Swedish ghouls answer your questions |publisher=Metal Hammer| accessdate=9 March 2017}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ghosts-if-you-have-ghost-ep-cracks-u-s-top-100/ |title= GHOST's 'If You Have Ghost' EP Cracks U.S. Top 100 |website=Blabbermouth.net| accessdate=16 December 2013}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = If You Have Ghosts

| note1 = Roky Erickson cover

| writer1 = Roky Erickson

| length1 = 3:34

| title2 = I'm a Marionette

| note2 = ABBA cover

| writer2 = Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

| length2 = 4:52

| title3 = Crucified

| note3 = Army of Lovers cover

| writer3 = Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck, Jean-Pierre Barda

| length3 = 5:13

| title4 = Waiting for the Night

| note4 = Depeche Mode cover

| writer4 = Martin Gore

| length4 = 5:37

| title5 = Secular Haze

| note5 = Recorded live at Music Hall of Williamsburg

| writer5 = A Ghoul Writer

| length5 = 5:27

| total_length = 24:43

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• Papa Emeritus II
• A Group of Nameless Ghouls

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• Dave Grohl – production, rhythm guitar on "If You Have Ghosts", drums and percussion on "I'm a Marionette" and "Waiting for the Night"
• Derek Silverman – organ on "If You Have Ghosts" and "Waiting for the Night", piano on "Crucified"
• Jessy Greene – violin and cello on "If You Have Ghosts"

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• James Brown – recording, mixing on "Waiting for the Night"
• John Lousteau – assistant engineering
• Rich Costy – mixing
• Jeff Curtain – recording and mixing on "Secular Haze (Live)"
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Mattias Frisk – graphic design

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