Womblife
by John Fahey
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John Fahey bestography
Womblife is ranked 13th best out of 26 albums by John Fahey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Fahey is Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) which is ranked number 2167 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 765.
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Womblife track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Womblife rankings
Womblife rankings summary
Overall rank: 38,719th | 1990s rank: 5,790th | 1997 rank: 608th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1997 | 66/100 | - |
| 2025 | Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2017 | Norman Bates | Normlore | 22/100 | - |
| 2014 |  meccalecca | American Primitive | 31/47 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2025 07:33 | DommeDamian | 7,806 | 48/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2020 10:38 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,359 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2020 00:58 |  Maxence | 12,813 | 61/100 |
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Womblife forum mentions
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From meccalecca 06/30/2014 12:36 in Genre Extravaganza: AMERICAN PRIMITIVISM
meccalecca 06/30/2014 12:36 in Genre Extravaganza: AMERICAN PRIMITIVISM“1980s As far as my knowledge goes, this is pretty much a dead period. Although Fahey continued to release albums through the 80s, none of them are regarded quite as high as anything he did previously. Same holds true for Basho. 1990s In the 90s came the emergence of a few new names into the fold,…”
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