Fourth Drawer Down
by The Associates
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The Associates bestography
Fourth Drawer Down is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by The Associates on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Associates is Sulk which is ranked number 3374 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 448.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Fourth Drawer Down track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fourth Drawer Down 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 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 6/50 | 5 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1980s 1 | 24/100 | - |
| 2022 |  johnner | Top 28 Music Albums of 1981 | 8/28 | 4 |
| 2021 | WayneMC | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2020 | Dayved00 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1981 | 31/52 | 2 |
| 2018 |  CellarDoor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | DJStuart79 | Q Magazine Top 30 UK Indie Albums | 30/30 | - |
| 2015 | LadyGodiva | Rip It Up.. | 22/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
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Fourth Drawer Down ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/20/2026 09:30 |  RasmV | 2,612 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2025 14:50 | EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2024 12:35 | TonySayers61 | 25,640 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.0/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Fourth Drawer Down forum mentions
neilgee 07/23/2025 21:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Repo 12/18/2023 04:06 in What album are you listening to right now?Fourth Drawer Down comments
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drstuey 03/31/2021 22:19 | #268030
Definitely has some moments. Post-punk + electronica with an amazing vocal performance. But some of it is dull. 'Message Oblique Speech' stood out for me, and the growling noise that is 'Kitchen Person'.
neilgee 08/20/2016 22:06 | #173154
Fourth Drawer down was a reference to where the drugs were kept! Thanx for that info Lancashirearab. (Edited)
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/21/2012 15:21 | #52966
White Car in Germany.
lancashirearab TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/25/2012 19:54 | #38912
Great album. It is a collection of a & b sides. (Edited)
The Gollux 05/24/2011 16:47 | #22210
If Scott walker fronted joy division this is how I imagine they'd sound. (Edited)
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