Fear (studio album) by John Cale

Fear by John Cale
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 2,377th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 162 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (40th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (451st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,377th)

John Cale bestography

Fear is ranked 3rd best out of 41 albums by John Cale on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Cale is Paris 1919 which is ranked number 765 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,350.

John Cale album bestography « Higher ranked (2,205th) This album (2,377th) Lower ranked (5,459th) »
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Fear track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 162 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.

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From 04/11/2015 03:12
I believe this album is an underrated gem. An enjoyable and unpredictable listen throughout. Fear is a Man's Best Friend, Gun and You Know Me More Than I Know are my favorites.
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From 01/01/2015 17:02
The first two songs are the best by far here. 'Fear is a Man's Best Friend' is like a ship going down in the sea of misery and everyone just likes to sing along. Most artists thesedays who would have wrote a song with that title would have made it a plodding acoustic guitar whimper piece. Here it is a hymn. The softness of Buffalo Ballet doesn't take anything from it's effect. Else where the album is a buffet of pcoket worries and friendly shadows. Fear is a fantastic choice for an album title for the music here. On top of all of that, fantastic album! Would put on a 1970s chart agian!
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Best Albums of 1974
1. Red by King Crimson
2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
4. Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
5. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
6. Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
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