Ghost On Ghost
by Iron & Wine
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Iron & Wine bestography
Ghost On Ghost is ranked 5th best out of 18 albums by Iron & Wine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iron & Wine is Our Endless Numbered Days which is ranked number 1141 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,536.
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Ghost On Ghost track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ghost On Ghost rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | albums in July 2021 - deleting | 21/99 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums in August 2022 | 18/99 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 94 Music Albums of 2013 | 48/94 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1601-1700* | 60/85 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2013 | 67/95 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2010s, #201-300 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Stevensounds Blog My Top 100 Albums Of 2013 | 93/100 | - |
| 2026 | ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 2013 | 14/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 58 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 161 | |||
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Ghost On Ghost ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/07/2026 08:54 | TonySayers61 | 25,628 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2025 06:06 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2025 06:11 | PapaShiz86 | 11,714 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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I must be missing something with this guy. I guess I just don't get it.
paladisiac 12/24/2013 03:08 | #98649 | TOP COMMENT
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Sam Beam builds upon the funkiness of "Kiss Each Other Clean" and ups the ante. The simplicity and solitude of his folky "creek drank the cradle" has given way over time to more instrumentation, more production and more uplifting vocal confidence, all in full display here from opening track "caught in the briars" (with its pleasant harmonies, horns and playful instrumental piano-and-horn outro) to "lovers' revolution". I like the jazzy touches. The personal and emotional moments, like in "winter prayers", once his strong suit, now pose the weakest elements on "ghost on ghost". Hardcore fans of his early works probably have been losing interest over time, but his shift into bigger arrangements is working well for me.
zdwyatt 10/22/2013 19:21 | #88892
I will never like anything he does as much as Creek Drank the Cradle. I can't fault the guy for evolving, but there just isn't anything here that interests me.
A bit of a return to form after "Kiss Each Other Clean" tried to be too much and ended up not being much of anything at all. The more ambitious instrumentation is still here, but the subtlety of the early albums is back, with a little soul and a little jazz added to the mix.
RockyRaccoon 07/09/2013 21:19 | #80752 | TOP COMMENT
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Sam Beam has been making some good music for awhile now, peaking (so far) with “The Shepard’s Dog". He’s always had quite a knack for writing good indie-folk music. Some of it’s been just alright, some of it has been really good (see: “The Shepard’s Dog" and “Our Endless Numbered Days"). This falls somewhere in between. There are some really great songs on here, the quiet, old-Iron-&-Wine sounding “Winter Prayers" and “The Desert Babbler" being chief among them. The album is a little inconsistent though, bouncing around between indie folk sounds jazz type sounds. The jazz doesn’t work as well, but there’s certainly enough on this album to like, it’s worth checking out.
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