The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories (studio album) by Felt (UK)

The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories by Felt (UK)
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 9,080th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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76/100 (from 52 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (140th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,326th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,080th)

Felt (UK) bestography

The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Felt (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Felt (UK) is Forever Breathes The Lonely Word which is ranked number 3342 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 444.

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76/100 (from 52 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 04/14/2015 06:51
Going down the rabbit hole of blatant Television worship to an insular & charming room all of their own.
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You gotta love his raw vocal style in this album - even when the melody from "Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow" is repeated another two times later in the album, it's a great melody (has the same syllables in a line and everything).
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