Directions To See A Ghost
by The Black Angels
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The Black Angels bestography
Directions To See A Ghost is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by The Black Angels on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Black Angels is Passover which is ranked number 5807 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 236.
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Directions To See A Ghost track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 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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| ! | 06/10/2026 11:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,463 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2025 08:39 |  MadhattanJack | 5,994 | 66/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2023 11:28 | cronadigallina | 2,973 | 67/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2023 12:12 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2023 14:16 | cicadelic | 13,656 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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Sandrof1969 02/22/2018 20:34 | #209267
I Black Angels prendono il nome verosimilmente dalla canzone dei Velvet che fece cacciare dal locale dove suonavano Lou Reed & co., ma che "le direzioni" verso cui guardano siano indietro nel tempo di almeno quarant'anni ed avvolte dalle nebbie lisergiche lo si capisce innanzitutto dalla copertina, poi dalla musica contenuta nei loro dischi, non solo in questo. Ci sono i Doors dimentichi del blues ed i Pink Floyd post Barrett più estremi, ma poi c'è molto altro, che proviene dalla fine del decennio successivo; il dark, Siouxsie, la new wave più oscura. Ci vuole fegato e talento nel proporre una miscela del genere alla fine degli anni duemila ed i Black Angels ce l'hanno; purtroppo l'altro lato della medaglia è rappresentato da una pesantezza che cresce per tutti i settanta (!) minuti del disco…
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