This Nation's Saving Grace
by The Fall
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This Nation's Saving Grace is ranked as the best album by The Fall.
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This Nation's Saving Grace track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
This Nation's Saving Grace rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1985 | 22/86 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 77 Music Albums of 1985 | 11/77 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 74 Music Albums of 1985 | 3/74 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 18 Music Albums of 1985 | 7/18 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 17 Music Albums of 1985 | 7/17 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 49 Music Albums of 1985 | 26/49 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 73 Music Albums of 1985 | 22/73 | 4 |
| 2026 | djirons | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 42 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 377 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,840 | |||
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This Nation's Saving Grace ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2026 02:28 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 17:13 | Steve_Emmett | 122 | 67/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 13:48 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
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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 78.1/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5431): By Amirkhosro
dihansse 03/25/2026 21:32 in My discoveries per yearThis Nation's Saving Grace comments
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A very repetitive listen that does get uninteresting by the time you get to the end but there is still many things to love on here. One of those things is the sound as this is amongst the most consistent albums in the 80's in terms of atmosphere. The whole thing is dark, gloomy and feels slightly dystopian. It does a great job of really dragging you into the environment which is primarily done through the use of the heavier instrumentation. Add on top of this a monotone and deep vocal it makes for a unique experience. The music itself isn't fantastic however with there being quite a lot of filler tracks on here which aren't really of any significance to the record at all. I do feel like there could be a lot more done on the record as well with it feeling a bit light and empty in places. It is need of a spark that just isn't present on here. Overall, atmospherically this album is great but the actual musical quality is quite poor and boring.
Right now this is my favorite Fall record. I just pulled the cassette when I logged in to see this is the album of the day. Coincidentally this is a good starting point if your a new listener.
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slshrdanclshr 05/11/2019 17:19 | #236139
couldn't agree more with the comment which says this has been singled out as the great fall album by some critics for no obvious reason. this is a good fall album but it's nowhere near their best of the '80s.
A proper marmite record. I love marmite.
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