Sleeping With Ghosts (studio album)
by Placebo

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 785 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,209.

Placebo album bestography « Higher ranked (785th)
Without You I'm Nothing
This album (1,738th)
Sleeping With Ghosts
Lower ranked (2,033rd) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

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2025 videoheadcleanerTop 85 Music Albums of 200358/852
2025MoondanceRanking the years in music ~ 1960-202445/51 -
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)61/100 -
2025Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 20036/505
2025 paladisiactop albums, #1601-1700*56/83 -
2025 TheDude85Top 100 Music Albums of 200326/1004
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 200363/1002
2025mikepenTop 62 Music Albums of 20035/625
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century57/100 -
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 200361/1002
2025mrmcrookGreatest Music Albums #101 - 20094/100 -
2025MoondanceAlbum covers: Quirky, intriguing, aesthetically pleasing75/100 -
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)31/100 -
2025HyggevinylTop 63 Music Albums of 200360/630
2025 CharicatureTop 100 Greatest Music Albums61/10039
2025fabm0List 200359/100 -
2025fabm0Platinum year 200359/93 -
2025 BristocTop 100 Greatest Music Albums71/10029
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 200323/1004
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums92/1009
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 169
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 978

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75/100 (from 221 votes)
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11/04/2025 02:26 Brandonjtg  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,92589/100
 
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06/20/2024 00:27 Proto  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,61333/100
 
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05/31/2024 23:57 Strangel  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 97774/100
 
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04/12/2024 15:47 yes340  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 66074/100

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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 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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85/100
From 05/11/2023 21:29
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.
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65/100
From 01/08/2022 21:49
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.
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100/100
From 03/02/2021 21:07
Complete genious...listen all
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70/100
From 11/23/2020 18:32
Excellent first part (in particular tracks 1,3,4,5), huge dip after that. Overall, 70/100.
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From 03/15/2019 20:58
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
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90/100
From 09/29/2016 03:45
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.
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75/100
From 06/21/2016 15:54
Favoritas: The Bitter End, This Picture, Special Needs, English Summer Rain
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90/100
From 03/06/2016 11:53
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!
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90/100
From 09/25/2015 19:36
Really good album!
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From 05/24/2015 10:58
The Bitter End and Special Needs are my favorites.
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