A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window
by Cardiacs

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A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window by Cardiacs
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-03-21
Overall rank: 5,992nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 59 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (79th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (850th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,992nd)

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Cardiacs bestography

A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Cardiacs on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cardiacs is Sing To God which is ranked number 2566 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 616.

Cardiacs album bestography « Higher ranked (2,566th)
Sing To God This album (5,992nd)
A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window Lower ranked (7,284th) »
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A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window 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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1.
A Little Man And A House
Average Rating: 80 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
In A City Lining
Average Rating: 80 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
I'm Eating In Bed
Average Rating: 78 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Is This The Life?
Average Rating: 84 (19 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Interlude
Average Rating: 73 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Dive
Average Rating: 78 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Icing On The World
Average Rating: 76 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
The Breakfast Line
Average Rating: 78 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Victory Egg
Average Rating: 77 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
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R.E.S.
Average Rating: 80 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Whole World Window
Average Rating: 78 (11 votes)Comments: View 0

A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window rankings

A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,992nd | 1980s rank: 850th | 1988 rank: 79th  Overall chart history
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A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window ratings

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.


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“by Really great, a bit on the short side but every second was just fabulous. The vocals were a bit annoying at times but other than that, it was great. Thanks! The Big Come Up by The Black Keys I wouldn't be surprised if you already gave this a spin, but If you haven't. Prepare for some garagey…”
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From 10/13/2012 07:49 | #52230 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The Cardiacs most commercial album (not very commercial). Contains there one stab at single success (Is this the life - a top 50 single in 1988) and a number of their live stalwarts from around that time - In a city lining, RES and the whole world window. Another glorious album of beauty - the breakfast line probably my favourite.
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From 04/21/2013 10:53 | #74070 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Is This The Life is the standout by some distance. An amazing track!
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