I Am A Wallet
by McCarthy

I Am A Wallet by McCarthy
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 13,154th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 24 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (163rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,805th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,154th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 13,154th | 1980s rank: 1,805th | 1987 rank: 163rd
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2026 neilgeeTop 91 Music Albums of 198760/912
2026LittleM1971Top 94 Music Albums of 198712/944
2026Exist-en-cielTop 61 Music Albums of 198759/610
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198763/1002
2025LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 101-20073/100 -
2025LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s46/10011
2025 Graeme2Top 60 Music Albums of 198729/603
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198739/1003
2021 johnnerTop 31 Music Albums of 19876/314
2021 johnnerTop 50 Music Albums of the 1980s37/506
2021 ghosttomostTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s42/10012
2021 LadyGodivaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums98/1001
2020DanielUTop 20 Music Albums of 198718/201
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 198769/1002
2020WayneMCTop 84 Music Albums of 198718/844
2020panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 198785/1001
2020panapsalMy Top 100 albums of the years 1985 - 199053/100 -
2019 SingingPeasant96Kissing Just For Practice : Indie Pop (Twee & Jangle)59/99 -
2019newtTop 100 Greatest Music Albums61/10013
2018ImaybeparanoidTop 100 Music Albums of 198791/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 34
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 88
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74/100 (from 24 votes)
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03/18/2026 17:54 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,29670/100
 
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02/10/2023 15:28 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,16264/100
 
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12/15/2022 04:43 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,38765/100
 
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11/15/2022 05:50 Arthurknight  Ratings distribution  9,59372/100
 
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04/10/2021 11:06 ghosttomost  Ratings distribution  2,88273/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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From 08/07/2012 14:28 | #48004
Excellent album from marxist C86'ers McCarthy. There are many highlights on this attack on money-grabbing stupidity but Monetaries, The Funeral, and The Procession of Popular Capitalism stand out.
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