Sleeping With Ghosts
by Placebo
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Placebo bestography
Sleeping With Ghosts is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Placebo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Placebo is Without You I'm Nothing which is ranked number 833 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,087.
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Sleeping With Ghosts track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | angryandy | 2,353 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 05:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,462 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 16:32 | TastyandTemptin | 3,175 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2026 06:55 | NyanTanis | 33 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:58 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Hands down the best of all Placebo albums. The most consistent with the highest number of top quality songs with only a couple of tracks that fall into the filler category. Great rhythms, melodies and riffs. Surprising it's not rated higher within their cannon.
Don't know how this album is ranked so low in the overall chart. It's brilliant. The first 5 tracks are exceptional, but then there is a big drop-off for the rest of the tracks (except Special Needs). Probably drags down the rating for me. My highlights are The Bitter End (I remember as a 10-year-old hearing this on Top Of The Pops and being obsessed with it for weeks), This Picture, Special Needs and Bulletproof Cupid (one of my favourite instrumental tracks of all time). Centrefolds is the weakest track.
Complete genious...listen all
Excellent first part (in particular tracks 1,3,4,5), huge dip after that. Overall, 70/100. (Edited)
I'm very impressed with this album. I knew two or three songs but I decided to listen to the whole album and I'll have to join the best ones. Listen all and you will be surprised. Best songs are 4 ... 9 ... 11
The first 5 songs are very impressive, especially 'bitter end', and later 'special needs'...... Wow
Without 'something rotten' and 'protect me' I would give it
A 95. My favorite placebo album, and that's saying a lot.
nitomano 06/21/2016 15:54 | #169355
Favoritas: The Bitter End, This Picture, Special Needs, English Summer Rain
My favourite Placebo album a lot of it for personal reasons as the songs at the time the album released just grabbed me and I still listen to it and have recently bought the beautiful blue vinyl Special Edition! Geeky! The tracks are all different. Some punky, some more electro, some ballady and tender but the deep down Placebo sound is always there. I always think this album is when Placebo musically grew up.
Favourite Tracks: This Picture, Sleeping with Ghosts, Special Needs
Worst Tracks: N/A!
nextorgd 09/25/2015 19:36 | #150452
Really good album!
The Bitter End and Special Needs are my favorites.
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