Wise Up Ghost And Other Songs
by Elvis Costello And The Roots
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/09/2026 14:05 | Devilwoac | 1,372 | 97/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 11:06 | TonySayers61 | 24,985 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2025 14:43 | Skerns | 5,105 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2025 15:20 |  Norman Bates | 10,131 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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EC has done a lot of collaboration albums. IMHO, this is one of the two best, the other being Painted from Memory. I would also say that this is EC's best album since the 90s and probably will be his last great album. His voice still held on this record.
An enjoyable record that is a lot of fun when picking out the snippets of various Costello songs here and there. It's not brilliant but it's good to hear Costello again.
This album takes several listens to appreciate. It makes my top 20 list of 2013.
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