The Ghost Of Cain
by New Model Army

The Ghost Of Cain by New Model Army
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-09-00
Overall rank: 7,729th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 38 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (104th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,089th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,729th)

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New Model Army bestography

The Ghost Of Cain is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by New Model Army on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by New Model Army is Thunder & Consolation which is ranked number 3942 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 375.

New Model Army album bestography « Higher ranked (7,161st)
Vengeance
This album (7,729th)
The Ghost Of Cain
Lower ranked (8,459th) »
No Rest For The Wicked

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Ghost Of Cain rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,729th | 1980s rank: 1,089th | 1986 rank: 104th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 38 votes)
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10/24/2026 20:02 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,80470/100
 
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03/04/2026 16:58 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,19673/100
 
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01/23/2026 10:21 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,75269/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.


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From dihansse 09/10/2024 19:08 in My discoveries per year
“Two albums of 1986 I listened to: First an album I already own/know: Certainly in the past I thought this was the album where Peter Gabriel was losing it as with songs like Sledgehammer he was definitely aiming for pleasuring the masses. But tbh there are still a number of very good tracks to be…”
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From 02/18/2018 09:44 | #208653
Tipico prodotto del rock degli anni ottanta, i New Model Army erano un po' tamarri ( anche nel look, come quasi tutti del resto trent'anni fa… ) e un po' sinceri nel proporre un rock danzante ( l'immortale "Poison Street" che vale il disco da sola ) ma mai danzereccio, legato alle radici quanto basta e figlio pure della New Wave come dell'hard.
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