From The Lion's Mouth
by The Sound
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From The Lion's Mouth is ranked as the best album by The Sound.
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From The Lion's Mouth track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
From The Lion's Mouth rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 79 Music Albums of 1981 | 31/79 | 3 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 18/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | telegram | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 70/100 | 31 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1981 | 16/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1981 | 5/25 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 34 Music Albums of 1981 | 15/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1981 | 7/31 | 4 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 41 Music Albums of 1981 | 7/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 78/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 154 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,026 | |||
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From The Lion's Mouth ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/20/2026 19:05 |  RasmV | 2,614 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2026 22:24 |  MadhattanJack | 6,023 | 66/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 11:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,767 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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From The Lion's Mouth forum mentions
neilgee 09/06/2026 19:21 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 08/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5413): By telegram BestEverAlbums 08/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5397): By Cheboygan74From The Lion's Mouth comments
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Secondsoul 01/26/2014 15:58 | #101565 | TOP COMMENT
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Certainly one of the greatest ever post-punk albums. An under rated gem!
drstuey 03/31/2021 07:53 | #268007 | TOP COMMENT
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This is amazing. I don't understand how I'd never heard of them before or how they were never huge. To me it sounds like if U2 were a little bit more like the Bunnymen, Joy Division or Faith-era The Cure. It sounds very commercial and not very post-punk to me, so give it a listen rock fans. It has a hidden track at the end! (Edited)
cartoken TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/18/2011 14:15 | #21955 | TOP COMMENT
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you want high quality post Punk ? listen to this album !
timtooky 03/27/2014 16:42 | #107785 | TOP COMMENT
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it's not what i would call "post-punk" - in my opinion it's more likely gothic-wave. but nontheless it's a fantastic collection of gloomy, wistful and at the same time uplifting songs. the often i hear it, the better it is.
Very underrated. I'd think that many forum users would highly enjoy this album.
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