Ghosts
by Albert Ayler
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Albert Ayler bestography
Ghosts is ranked 5th best out of 28 albums by Albert Ayler on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Albert Ayler is Spiritual Unity which is ranked number 1450 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,181.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Ghosts track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ghosts rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 99 Music Albums of 1965 | 6/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 95 Music Albums of 1965 | 31/95 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1965 2nd chart | 30/65 | - |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 97 Music Albums of 1965 | 66/97 | 2 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1960s 3 | 9/88 | - |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | Hayden | No Coda | 26/100 | - |
| 2022 | kokkinos | Top 32 Music Albums of 1965 | 9/32 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 42 | |||
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Ghosts ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/02/2026 15:17 | EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2024 09:28 | LosWochos | 47,536 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2022 21:11 | kokkinos | 1,501 | 68/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Ghosts forum mentions
Norman Bates 11/10/2015 20:12 in What album are you listening to right now?Ghosts comments
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Norman Bates 11/10/2015 20:17 | #152766
Is actually a re-release of this; http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=7620 ans therefore they should be merged.
Norman Bates 03/09/2014 13:02 | #105784
This is a re-issue of 1965's Ghosts.
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