Impera
by Ghost (SE)
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Ghost (SE) bestography
Impera is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Ghost (SE) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ghost (SE) is Meliora which is ranked number 2082 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 801.
(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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Impera track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Impera rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | all-time fav arteests (pts) #196-290* | 19/95 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | my CURRENT favorite artists | 10/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 47 Music Albums of 2022 | 10/47 | 4 |
| 2026 | StreakyNuno | Top 66 Music Albums of the 2020s | 38/66 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 77 Music Albums of 2022 | 25/77 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 50 Music Albums of 2022 | 38/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2022 101-127 | 6/27 | - |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 46 Music Albums of 2022 | 7/46 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 83 Music Albums of the 2020s | 43/83 | 10 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Musicserver.cz Čtyřicet nejlepších zahraničních desek roku | 25/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 73 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 382 | |||
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Impera ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/26/2026 16:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 13:50 | TonySayers61 | 25,581 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 08:20 | cicadelic | 13,911 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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Forum mentions
Purplepash 06/11/2025 10:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
pedro1976 06/11/2024 18:50 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 12/07/2022 01:59 in What album are you listening to right now?Impera comments
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Got real Avenged Sevenfold energy from this and in a good way !!
“Impera” sees the cracks in Ghost’s sound start to appear. Their move into poppier metal is beginning to feel a bit cheesy. Guitars are placed a bit over dramatically and increasingly predictively. The thematic criticism of religion comes off more stale than biting. There is an extremely schmaltzy key change on “Griftwood” that takes you right out of the song. Despite the dowdy over layer, “Impera” has a solid foundation. The tracks are arranged well and the inter-album flow is smooth. Still, “Impera” represents the stagnation before decline. Without strong innovation, this would be their drop-off point.
Brad1770 08/26/2022 05:52 | #288932 | TOP COMMENT
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God bless (pun intended) Ghost for gracing us with yet another stupidly good album chock full of the Ghost DNA we’ve all gotten to know and love. Rock, anthemic grandeur, hair metal, seventies testosterone licks, pain, love, worship, blistering guitar riffs . . . its all here in all its glory
Ghost solidify their status as one of our times most important artist
Album Rating: 57.91
(637/11)
1.Imperium. 62
2.Kaisarion. 67
3.Spillways. 59
4.Call Me Little Sunshine. 36
5.Hunter's Moon. 66
6.Watcher In The Sky. 65
7.Dominion. 62
8.Twenties. 9
9.Darkness At The Heart Of My Love. 67
10.Griftwood. 67
11.Bite Of Passage. N/a
12.Respite On The Spitalfields. 77
It's been a long time since I liked an album like I like this one.
Best tracks: spillways and Respite on the spitalfields
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