The Ghosts Of Highway 20
by Lucinda Williams
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Lucinda Williams bestography
The Ghosts Of Highway 20 is ranked 4th best out of 25 albums by Lucinda Williams on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lucinda Williams is Car Wheels On A Gravel Road which is ranked number 770 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,242.
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The Ghosts Of Highway 20 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Ghosts Of Highway 20 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 86 Music Albums of 2016 | 12/86 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | listened to of 2023 (deleting) | 24/90 | - |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 27 Music Albums of 2016 | 22/27 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | most listened to (2 B deleted) | 3/96 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums in March 2021 (To delete) | 21/95 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 8/100 | 93 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 2016 - Uncut (TB Deleted) | 34/74 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | sonicdiscourse | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 82/99 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 75 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 271 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/08/2026 11:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,564 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 01:23 |  cestuneblague | 8,258 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 05:38 | Proto | 4,271 | 33/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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BestEverAlbums 08/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5417): By TamthebamThe Ghosts Of Highway 20 comments
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Another great album from Lu. Never done a duff album. Everyone has something of interest. Consistently great artist
There aren't many artists that can keep such a high level of level of inspiration as Lucinda Williams. Now into her fourth decade as a recording artist, Williams says she finds inspiration and comfort in NOT getting comfortable. She describes this record as Car Wheels on a Gravel Road part 2, except the woman who is singing about her childhood is now twenty years older and wiser.
Tamthebam 10/27/2016 19:49 | #177584 | TOP COMMENT
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Another great album from Lucinda she just gets better with age. Her southern drawl works on these sad melancholy songs. This album needs more than one or two listens before it sinks in and touches you. The standout tracks are Dust, Place In My Heart, Louisiana Story, the title track & If My Love Could Kill but the rest are all good. Released in the same year as Blackstar & Skeleton Tree these 3 albums are the saddest releases in a long time.
I knoh thish road... Like thuh bakkomahhannd
phantom1305 05/04/2016 23:52 | #165225 | TOP COMMENT
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Maybe it's just me, but this album didn't sit well with me. I really liked the guitar in the first tracks. They had a simple beat. They sounded nice, nothing ground-breaking but nothing gripping either, just standard. So I tried to focus on the lyrics. And for each song I just listened like... I'm supposed to feel something right? The songs felt void of heart. This doesn't go for every song. For instance, "Louisiana Story" is a decent track. But other songs like "Death Came" describes a death of a loved one, but describes the event by saying little more than "death came and gave you a kiss". Simply telling me that someone died isn't enough to make me feel emotional. I felt like most other songs on this album played out similarly. She would take a concept that could be sad but doesn't detail it enough to make it personal in the slightest.
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