Favourite Worst Nightmare
by Arctic Monkeys
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Arctic Monkeys bestography
Favourite Worst Nightmare is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by Arctic Monkeys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Arctic Monkeys is Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not which is ranked number 69 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,307.
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Favourite Worst Nightmare 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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Favourite Worst Nightmare rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 83 Music Albums of 2007 | 79/83 | 0 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 28 Music Albums of 2007 | 10/28 | 3 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 39 Music Albums of 2007 | 17/39 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 38 Music Albums of 2007 | 20/38 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 53 Music Albums of 2007 | 6/53 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 21 Music Albums of 2007 | 19/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 11 Music Albums of 2007 | 3/11 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1201-1300 | 21/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 772 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5,399 | |||
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Favourite Worst Nightmare ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2026 12:11 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2026 14:38 | kinginsomniac12 | 596 | 99/100 |
| ! | 08/13/2026 13:48 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 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 80.0/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Favourite Worst Nightmare forum mentions
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Favourite Worst Nightmare comments
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andy_hunter TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/20/2013 11:47 | #84219 | TOP COMMENT
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What characterises Arctic Monkeys as a great band and not just a good band in my opinion is the genius of Alex Turner's lyricism. This album may not have the same blinding wit as their first nor the poetic abstract imagery of their third but that's not to say this album has its own moments of brilliance. Songs like "Only Ones Who Know", "Do Me A Favour", "Florescent Adolescent" and "505" deal with the angst felt my many 18/19 year olds leaving school for college in a very honest way. Lines like
"Well all the little promises they don't mean much
When there's memories to be made"
"It's these times that it tends,
The start to breaking up, to start to fall apart
Oh! hold on to your heart."
Are laden with a poignancy and create a sense of a person's comfort zone being torn down and replaced by the uncomfortable vulnerability of a lone individual.
Intentionally or not the speed of this album reflects the speed of these changes. For these reasons I dare call this album a concept album a very good one at that.
Mike43 04/01/2012 10:24 | #39279 | TOP COMMENT
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My favorite Arctic Monkeys album. It is darker sound-wise and lyrics-wise, which is a always a plus in my book. Most importantly, I think the songs themselves are all incredible. Alex Turner's lyrics are once again fantastic and all band members are great on their respective instruments. Love it.
MrBrown 04/13/2013 21:15 | #72897 | TOP COMMENT
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Always thought this was an underrated album, probably because it just wasn't as good as their debut but this is an amazing collect of songs.
musically excellent with vocals to match. if you didn't speak english you could easily confuse it for top notch punk rock but every song is about a sexual relationship that not even the lovers are much interested in. it's a shame that the band has nothing to say and it's very unfortunate b/c the lack of an excellent lyricist is all that's keeping them from being the best modern punk band. I still kind of want to give it a 10, I wouldn't be so disappointed in the lyrics if everything else weren't perfect and that's a bit of a shallow complaint....
I think this album gets some unnecessary hate. I mean, yes it's not as unique or technically proficient as Whatever People Say I Am... but because of that it makes for a less harsh and a more relaxed listen. Just top notch songwriting and brilliant storytelling.
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