Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford

Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford is the fifth solo studio album by American recording artist Everlast. It was released on September 23, 2008 via his own record label Martyr Inc, with distribution by Hickory Records/Sony/ATV Music Publishing. This album sees Everlast moving away from hip hop in favor of alternative rock and blues. The album peaked at number 15 on the Swiss music charts, number 61 in Germany, number 78 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and number 132 in France.

Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Genre
Length62:36
Label
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Everlast chronology
White Trash Beautiful
(2004)
Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford
(2008)
Songs of the Ungrateful Living
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Beats Per Millennium(2.5/10)[3]
Okayplayer(77/100)[4]

The record included singles and videos for "Letter Home from the Garden of Stone", which was available for free download via martyr-inc.com in December 2007, a DJ Muggs-produced cover track of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues", which was released to download on August 19, and the final "Stone in My Hand", which debuted on the martyr-inc.com website on October 28, 2008 and later made its appearance in 2011 film Drive Angry. All the tracks from the album were written and produced by Keefus Ciancia and Everlast himself, except for "Naked" produced by DJ Lethal, and "Folsom Prison Blues".

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Kill the Emperor"3:24
2."Folsom Prison Blues"3:27
3."Stone in My Hand"3:32
4."Anyone"4:12
5."Die in Yer' Arms"3:40
6."Friend"3:23
7."Everyone"5:38
8."Naked"4:04
9."Stay"4:58
10."Letters Home from the Garden of Stone"4:07
11."Tuesday Morning"3:59
12."Throw a Stone"0:29
13."Weakness"5:06
14."Dirty"3:53
15."The Ocean"3:44
16."Let It Go"4:30
17."Saving Grace" (bonus track)3:06
18."My Medicine" (demo; bonus track)3:11
19."Maybe" (bonus track)3:13
Total length:62:36

Notes[5]

Samples

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2008) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 61
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 15
US Billboard 200[8] 78
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[9] 22
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] 9

References

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  1. ^ "Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford by Everlast". Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Beats Per Millennium - Everlast: Love, War, and the Ghost of Whitey Ford". Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. ^ Okayplayer review Archived October 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford by Everlast: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Everlast – Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  7. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Everlast – Love, War And The Ghost Of Whitey Ford". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  8. ^ "Everlast Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  9. ^ "Everlast Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  10. ^ "Everlast Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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