Schoolyard Ghosts
by No-Man
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No-Man bestography
Schoolyard Ghosts is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by No-Man on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by No-Man is Together We're Stranger which is ranked number 8555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 146.
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Schoolyard Ghosts track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Schoolyard Ghosts 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 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 2008 | 36/95 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 93 Music Albums of 2008 | 2/93 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2008 | 59/95 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 68 Music Albums of 2008 | 53/68 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Steven Wilson | 7/29 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 79 Music Albums of 2008 | 61/79 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 83 Music Albums of 2008 | 17/83 | 4 |
| 2024 | FieryGunHand | Top 40 Music Albums of 2008 | 32/40 | 1 |
| 2024 |  BasdeWit97 | Albums I'm Planning To Listen | 11/89 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 96 | |||
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Schoolyard Ghosts ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2024 19:12 | squirrelmonkey | 365 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2023 12:12 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2023 14:46 |  MW19704U | 6,986 | 59/100 |
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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 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.
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It is a shame that this seems to be the last No-Man album. Tim Bowness' solo albums just haven't been up to the same consistency. Every track here works.
sssvnnn 08/24/2014 11:27 | #120263
Good sounds, atmospheric and quiet.
If I liked the vocals more, I would rate higher.
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