La Folie
by The Stranglers

La Folie by The Stranglers
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 5,286th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 100 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (91st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (767th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,286th)

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The Stranglers bestography

La Folie is ranked 5th best out of 29 albums by The Stranglers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Stranglers is Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus) which is ranked number 1593 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,068.

The Stranglers album bestography « Higher ranked (5,095th)
The Raven
This album (5,286th)
La Folie
Lower ranked (8,747th) »
Aural Sculpture

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La Folie track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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La Folie rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,286th | 1980s rank: 767th | 1981 rank: 91st
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2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 198142/1003
2026 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 198163/1002
2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198115/1004
2026 Squonk007Top 27 Music Albums of 198125/271
2026stangetzawayTop 42 Music Albums of 198137/421
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 201-30072/100 -
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 198116/1004
2026mikepenTop 100 Music Albums of 198114/1004
2026Steppenwolf6661981 3rd chart61/88 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s70/1006
2026 HeliosTop 80 Music Albums of 198160/801
2026 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 198171/1002
2026LittleM1971Top 89 Music Albums of 198126/894
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198175/1001
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 198113/1004
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s98/1001
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s92/1002
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 19818/1005
2025DJStuart79Top 48 Music Albums of 198116/483
2025JohnnyoIndie albums of the year 1981 by Radio X21/25 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 68
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 257
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74/100 (from 100 votes)
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03/29/2026 22:08 newt  Ratings distribution  80566/100
 
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03/20/2026 23:38 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58370/100
 
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12/04/2025 16:01 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00169/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:42 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100

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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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From 04/11/2024 10:30 | #302938
2-3, 6, 9, 11 ?
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From 04/07/2023 09:00 | #295843
This album is a masterpiece ???
Other album of 1981st also is a masterpiece ??
These 2 albums must be listen
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