When I Have Fears
by The Murder Capital
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When I Have Fears is ranked as the best album by The Murder Capital.
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When I Have Fears track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
When I Have Fears rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2019 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 65/100 | 35 |
| 2026 | johnner | Top 69 Music Albums of the 2010s | 16/69 | 16 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Q magazine 2019 (2 B deleted) | 31/49 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | SD100852 | Top 22 Music Albums of 2019 | 15/22 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 21/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 80 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 251 | |||
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When I Have Fears ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/11/2026 00:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 19:29 | matterhornrider | 5,182 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2025 03:46 | imacgill | 2,871 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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Purplepash 01/21/2020 12:31 in What album are you listening to right now?When I Have Fears comments
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johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/15/2019 19:18 | #241213 | TOP COMMENT
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Anger, frustration, love, dislocation, suicide, death. These are just a few of the subjects dealt with by this relatively new band on their debut album.
The Murder Capital are Irish - this is important. James McGovern sings with an Irish accent and his thick brogue smears a softness and poeticism/romanticism that has been sorely missing lately.
And then there’s the music, more post-punk than punk, it’s an urgent and intense mix that veers from sky-scraping ferocity to emotionally naked intimacy.
Like Interpol and Bloc Party, they are one of those bands, they love Joy Division but this is no hastily cobbled-together facsimile. Joy Division are an obvious influence, a springboard from which to map their dreams and nightmares.
Get ready, The Murder Capital are slaying. (Edited)
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/30/2019 10:02 | #241939 | TOP COMMENT
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Enigmatic, with raw energy, and astounding power. The sheer tenacity and tangiblness of the pain on When I Have Fears is phenomenal. Some its tracks, like For Everything, skulk across your speakers as though squaring up to fight you. Others, like the achingly painful On Twisted Ground, hurt like nothing else. The composure of the record, and the deftness with which it delivers its textured, raw darkness, is an outstanding achievement. Every single moment is utterly compelling. One of the most essential post-punk releases of the last few years.
A sort of Joy Division vibe but without the melody or rhythm to go with it
Very good album, from top to bottom.
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