Ventriloquism
by Me'shell Ndegeocello
Me'shell Ndegeocello bestography
Ventriloquism is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Me'shell Ndegeocello on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Me'shell Ndegeocello is Peace Beyond Passion which is ranked number 5940 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 223.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Ventriloquism track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ventriloquism rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 97 Music Albums of 2018 | 45/97 | 3 |
| 2025 | Jaymantheman | Top 65 Music Albums of 2018 | 47/65 | 1 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 39 Music Albums of 2018 | 8/39 | 4 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2024 | PAPPITUFO | Top 51 Music Albums of 2018 | 4/51 | 5 |
| 2021 | stereo_mike | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2021 | Johnnyo | AOTY - best soul albums of all time | 76/100 | - |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 83 Music Albums of 2018 | 31/83 | 3 |
| 2018 | Village Voice | Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2018 | Spin | 51 Best Albums of 2018 | 39/51 | 1 |
| 2018 | Albumism | Albumism's 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 12/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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Ventriloquism ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/15/2024 01:06 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,998 | 74/100 | |
| 06/13/2024 01:19 | skrapoel | 2,250 | 71/100 | |
| 10/31/2022 08:25 | LosWochos | 46,869 | 75/100 | |
| 08/11/2022 04:22 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 | |
| 06/24/2020 12:46 | jnfbn | 8,880 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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Taking a set of ’80s and ’90s R&B hits, most of them originally by male vocalists, Meshell Ndegeocello turns down the bombast and gives them new life as breathy, acoustic easy listening pieces. It’s hard not to hear a deliberate queerness in her decision to leave all the pronouns as they are, and that adds an extra poignancy to this already sweet project.
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