Belmont Tower and Carillon 1850 to be used as a water tower for the Belmont Mansion and gardens. In 1864 during the Battle of Nashville union troops led by General T.J. Wood used the structure as a signal tower. When a carillon of twenty-three bronze bells was installed at Ward-Belmont College in 1928, it became the first carillon in Tennessee and one of the first twenty-five carillons in North America. The original carillon bells were exchanged for an electronic carillon in 1951, shortly after the property became Belmont College. In 1986, a second carillon of twenty-three bells was installed. A gift of nineteen more
A Ghost Is Born the coda of "At Least That's What You Said". Tweedy refers to the guitar solo at the end of the track as a "musical transcription" of one of his panic attacks. "A Ghost Is Born" was recorded in a manner different from "Foxtrot" or 1999's "Summerteeth"; whereas those recordings were performed live in the studio and then overdubbed, "A Ghost Is Born" was first performed on Pro Tools and only played live once completed. Tweedy was excited about writing an album this way: An unusual feature of "A Ghost Is Born" is the fifteen-minute long track "Less Than You Think".