Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford is the fifth solo album released by Everlast

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. The album was released on September 23, 2008

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 on his own record label Martyr Inc, with distribution by Hickory Records/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (It was revealed through diditleak.co.uk that the album leaked out early on Friday August 29). A second single and video, "Letter Home From The Garden Of Stone", was available for free download from martyr-inc.com in December 2007. The third single, a cover of Johnny Cash

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's "Folsom Prison Blues

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", was released to download on August 19. The Video for "Stone in My Hand" debuted on the martyr-inc website on October 28, 2008 making this the fourth video for the album.

Tracklisting

Standard / International edition

1. "Kill the Emperor" – 3:24
2. "Folsom Prison Blues
   Folsom Prison Blues
   "Folsom Prison Blues" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Cash. The song combines elements from two popular folk genres, the train song and the prison song, both of which Cash would continue to use for the rest of his career...
   
   " (Johnny Cash
   Johnny Cash
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   cover) – 3:27
3. "Stone in My Hand" – 3:33
4. "Anyone" – 4:13
5. "Die in Yer' Arms" – 3:40
6. "Friend" – 3:24
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" – 5:07
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 version) (bonus track) – 3:13
19. "Maybe" (bonus track) – 3:13