Ghost In The Machine
by The Police
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Ghost In The Machine is ranked 4th best out of 14 albums by The Police on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Police is Synchronicity which is ranked number 301 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,473.
(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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Ghost In The Machine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ghost In The Machine rankings
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Ghost In The Machine ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 09:02 | markl73 | 627 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 23:17 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:20 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 14:38 |  Liedzeit | 2,494 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 17:22 | bcole19 | 629 | 89/100 |
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Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Squonk007 02/11/2024 12:42 | #301905
The first 3 tracks are stand out. Invisible Sun is the best thing they've done an excellent track. There are some mediocre songs in the middle but the album finishes well. (Edited)
Jboy56 02/06/2024 12:20 | #301757
I thing that this album has only one standout, The rest are nice but quite forgettable within the non-Police fans aural spectrum. The playing is excellent throughout, but some of the finesse and dynamic definiton from Zenayatta is missing. (Edited)
They try some new ideas here and the overall effect is not very bad, I just don't really like The Police albums, only hit songs.
teague 06/26/2020 00:22 | #254524
The first 5 songs are pretty good, it gets really annoying after that; too brassy, loud, and bombastic with not enough substance to back it up.
ChrisPBacon 04/03/2020 17:52 | #249478 | TOP COMMENT
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Has anyone noticed, the three symbols are their heads? Misunderstood album. It is a dark, serious, album, other than "Everything she does is magic". I love "Darkness", no one else seems to. (Edited)
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VictorVale 07/25/2019 20:01 | #240371
Uma bela pegada pop esconde a complexidade de suas músicas. Muito bom!
Sandrof1969 02/17/2018 14:39 | #208550
"Ghost in the machine" è un disco riuscito, dinamico, con ottime canzoni, che magari non indica nuove vie per i Police ma almeno non sembra non andare da nessuna parte, come invece era accaduto per "Zenyatta mondatta"
nitomano 11/21/2016 21:47 | #178859
Favoritas: Demolition Man, Every Little Thing She Does Is MAgic, Spirits In The Material World, Invisible Sun
Leonard 06/18/2016 10:23 | #169043 | TOP COMMENT
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my favorite police-album,
invisible Sun is their best song ever (Edited)
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