Spirits In The Material World (track)
by The Police
Year: 1981
From the album Ghost In The Machine (track #1)
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Spirits In The Material World appears on the following album(s) by The Police:
- Ghost In The Machine (track #1) (this album) (1981)
- The Police (track #19) (compilation) (2007)
- Greatest Hits (track #11) (compilation) (1992)
- Every Breath You Take: The Singles (track #9) (compilation) (1986)
- Live! (track #24) (1995)
- Message In A Box (track #46) (compilation) (1993)
- Every Breath You Take: The Classics (track #9) (compilation) (1995)
- Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings (track #33) (compilation) (2018)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/29/2026 15:06 | Siromynian | 19,669 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 08:22 | markl73 | 7,206 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 21:00 |  serpico | 3,970 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.3/100, a mean average of 83.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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This song is so damn catchy... the synths used to just sound cheesy to me but I've learned to love them.
