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

A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window by Cardiacs
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 5,893rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (78th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (859th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,893rd)

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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 2434 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 651.

Cardiacs album bestography « Higher ranked (2,434th)
Sing To God
This album (5,893rd)
A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window
Lower ranked (6,844th) »
On Land And In The Sea

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

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,893rd | 1980s rank: 859th | 1988 rank: 78th
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2026amirmishaliTop 26 Music Albums of 198816/262
2025 Patman360Top 80 Music Albums of 198851/802
2025ElauqsapidTop 54 Music Albums of the 1980s7/5418
2025OFarrioTop 20 Music Albums of 198810/203
2025 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 198847/1003
2025ElauqsapidTop 100 Greatest Music Albums66/10034
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198866/1002
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 198843/501
2024 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198868/1002
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 198857/1002
2024larson018Top 25 Greatest Music Albums14/2538
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 100 Music Albums of 198859/1002
2024Stevo796Top 20 Music Albums of 19884/204
2024WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s (101-200)45/100 -
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 80’s (101 - 200)45/100 -
2024Stevo796Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s26/10015
2023OFarrioTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s45/10011
2023ElauqsapidTop 17 Music Albums of 19881/175
2023gussteiviTop 42 Music Albums of the 1980s11/4215
2022 sageamagooTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s5/10019
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 38
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 225
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A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window ratings

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76/100 (from 54 votes)
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09/22/2025 23:13 Special  Ratings distribution  2,66372/100
 
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08/18/2025 12:19 Banner  Ratings distribution  4,90780/100
 
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08/10/2025 04:40 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53373/100
 
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06/21/2025 14:02 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,71564/100
 
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05/07/2025 18:28 M4thSoad3r  Ratings distribution  31285/100

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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 76.0/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.

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From 04/21/2013 10:53 | #74070
Is This The Life is the standout by some distance. An amazing track!
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From 10/13/2012 07:49 | #52230
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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