"a disembodied soul, esp. the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear in bodily form to living people"

Whether they exist or not is for you to decide, but they certainly inspired a number of my favorite songs this year. Here are 13 songs -- one for each month + one to summarize the entire year -- for the ghosts I heard in 2013.

Cover picture from http://aformerskeptic.com/

13 tracks