The Haunted Man
by Bat For Lashes
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Bat For Lashes bestography
The Haunted Man is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Bat For Lashes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bat For Lashes is Two Suns which is ranked number 2984 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 515.
(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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The Haunted Man 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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The Haunted Man rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q Magazine The 50 Best Albums Of 2012 | 6/49 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2012 | 27/51 | - |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 67 Music Albums of 2012 | 8/67 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  xo66 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 11/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 142 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 405 | |||
The Haunted Man collection
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The Haunted Man ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 10:28 | deoli1 | 6 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 03:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,693 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2026 08:51 | dukeboxkool | 2,256 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
The Haunted Man favourites
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The Haunted Man forum mentions
MadhattanJack 06/27/2024 08:49 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
SquishypuffDave 11/17/2015 04:38 in Kissing The Plinth: A Cosmic Pilgrimage
NickVolos 02/11/2015 14:11 in What album are you listening to right now?The Haunted Man comments
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SquishypuffDave TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/04/2013 14:04 | #63921 | TOP COMMENT
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For an artist I'd previously dismissed as middling indie-pop, I cannot. Believe. How good. This album is.
Some great music on this album, deserved greater recognition (in the UK anyway) instead of the tired old comparisons to Kate Bush et al. Here she is developing into a strong individual artist in her own right.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/17/2012 17:42 | #58161 | TOP COMMENT
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She sounds frail and vulnerable and she's coming from a very feminine place, with song titles like "laura", "marilyn", "lilies" and "horses in the sun". Not to say she doesn't bring power in her voice or lyrical content -- this is definitely not the sun-drenched, lazy-day afternoon of the best coast, for example, but she is as nearly naked on this album as on the cover.
Mophos 11/16/2013 18:31 | #92946 | TOP COMMENT
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No weak songs, great songwriting and music, one of the best records in 2012.
rogue 08/27/2019 18:49 | #241777 | TOP COMMENT
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Man, Natasha doesn't get any love on this site. She's incredible.
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