Being Funny In A Foreign Language
by The 1975
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Being Funny In A Foreign Language is ranked 4th best out of 10 albums by The 1975 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The 1975 is A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships which is ranked number 1085 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,595.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 03/29/2026 07:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,915 | 70/100 | |
| 02/12/2026 21:40 | cicadelic | 12,393 | 73/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 16:58 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 07:40 | Proto | 4,125 | 33/100 | |
| 12/12/2025 02:38 | maxacare | 382 | 68/100 |
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A truly wonderful album, undoubtedly their most accessible, mature, and shortest to date. Although not as daring as the band's previous LPs, it's enjoyable and easily listenable. In spite of the fact that I would say that the Arctic Monkeys are objectively a better band than The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language is certainly leagues above both Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, as well as The Car - and leaves me waiting in great anticipation for what they'll do next, as is the case with every 1975 release.
Poppier and more cohesive than previous releases.
Brad1770 01/13/2023 01:04 | #292776
Along with Mumford and Sons, The 1975 are one of the most polarising artists out there. Your either in the love em camp or loath them with a passion camp & just for the record I'm most certainly in the love em camp & I really don’t give a flying rats as to what other people think
After their Gen Z masterpiece 2018's 'A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships' 2020's companion piece 'Notes On A Conditional Form' was a bit of a hot mess and despite having some nice moments ultimately drowned under its bloated 80 minute run time and death by over production. Fortunately Being Funny . . . ' is a welcome return to form from the lads with Healy's self deprecating lyrics at their confessional snarky best (case in point lyric from "Part Of The Band" - "AM I IRONICALLY WOKE? THE BUTT OF MY JOKE")
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I like how 'Being Funny In A Foreign Language' expands on The 1975's eighties pastiche kinda sound by leaning more into slightly alternative, The Waterboys-esque territory at times, which can perhaps be attributed in part to Jack Antonoff's writing and production influence. Although a quality LP overall, I have to agree with Copeland that it doesn't quite hit the lofty heights of 'A Brief Inquiry...', yet is somewhat more interesting than the majority of their output.
It’s gonna take a few more listens to fully digest, but it’s to the point, sugary sweet, and most importantly: far shorter than their usual output. This is the closest they’ve gotten to matching A Brief Inquiry, which remains miles beyond any of their other albums.
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