Ghosts Of The Great Highway
by Sun Kil Moon
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Sun Kil Moon bestography
Ghosts Of The Great Highway is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Mark Kozelek on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mark Kozelek is Benji which is ranked number 375 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,383.
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Ghosts Of The Great Highway track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ghosts Of The Great Highway rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Shnopy | Top 25 Greatest Music Albums | 4/25 | 82 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 2003 | 38/59 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 71 Music Albums of 2003 | 61/71 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 64 Music Albums of 2003 | 60/64 | 0 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 64 Music Albums of 2003 | 58/64 | 1 |
| 2026 |  kinglyostrich | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 88/99 | 12 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 29 Music Albums of 2003 | 18/29 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 256 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,315 | |||
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Ghosts Of The Great Highway ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/18/2026 07:53 |  nextorgd | 1,229 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 14:15 | Brando1788 | 154 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 15:38 |  AvalancheGrips | 784 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Ghosts Of The Great Highway forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetis BestEverAlbums 09/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5426): By Keatownrodriguez BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsGhosts Of The Great Highway comments
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Necharsian TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 18:54 | #81905 | TOP COMMENT
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Ill curb stomp the one who tells me carry me ohio isnt the best song ever made.
Man, what is it about Carry Me Ohio? Doesn't seem to be much song there but once it starts I want it to never end. (Edited)
Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/29/2014 05:31 | #101815 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm really loving this. There is something so gently reassuring about the soft, understanding vocals of Mr. Kozelek. I don't know what it is. Also everything musically lulls me away from the now-ness of my existence and just sonically sort takes me off to the side and says "I understand your life and concerns. I've been there. Here's the some beautiful musical."
The strings and harmonies on "Gentle Moon" are absolutely sublime. And just about moment of this album is superb.
Pegasus 03/06/2015 16:58 | #136267 | TOP COMMENT
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I like this much better than Benji, i don't know why but I just do. This is some of the best folk i've EVER heard.
I am always shocked of how dynamic and dense this album is. It's really difficult not to get burnt out on. 'Ghosts' has the perfect balanced of electrified and acoustic Mark with 'April' close behind.
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