Fear Of Music
by Talking Heads
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Fear Of Music is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Talking Heads on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 26 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 27,175.
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Fear Of Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 31 hours ago |  covecove | 6,637 | 74/100 | |
| 05/08/2026 18:45 | Jakor | 5,422 | 70/100 | |
| 04/30/2026 17:02 | Pavloss | 486 | 50/100 | |
| 04/20/2026 21:07 | classicjoe | 442 | 78/100 | |
| 04/16/2026 01:36 | Devilwoac | 1,281 | 97/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.8/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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doombringer 09/09/2024 10:47 | #305202
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JoaoMoreira 02/09/2024 01:25 | #301856
An interesting record.
Unfortunately with some subpar tunes in the middle of some funky tracks.
Best album of the seventies for me. I was twenty when I bought it and I couldn’t imagine that it was even better then More Songs About Buildings and Food which I played a whole year every day .
A pretty good record that only dips in quality occasionally but the highs overshadow these issues anyway. The opening track encapsulates what this album is perfectly with its strange but engaging tone and its diverse instrumentation. This record is really a stepping stone to what would come after and it is thoroughly enjoyable to be able to go on this adventure with the group as we see their sound become refined. Where the album peaks for me is the two track run of Air and Heaven which is just exceptional and is some of the best work the group put out in my opinion. Overall, it can be inconsistent at times but it is so full of personality and quality that this can be overlooked for the most part.
Great stuff! Well worth a listen!
Their best 70s album and most consistent in quality, every song is good in my opinion except Animals which I don't like that much.
It’s a frenetic album. So many words to sing, so many notes to play, so many beats to hit…all stuffed into 40 minutes or so. At the end, you’re left feeling a bit exhausted and a lot uplifted.
Just terrific throughout.
Very good actually
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