The Human Fear
by Franz Ferdinand
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Franz Ferdinand bestography
The Human Fear is ranked 6th best out of 8 albums by Franz Ferdinand on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Franz Ferdinand is Franz Ferdinand which is ranked number 348 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,741.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Human Fear track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Human Fear rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 82 Music Albums of 2025 | 77/82 | 0 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  bojolpif71 | Top 38 Music Albums of 2025 | 19/38 | 3 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 91 Music Albums of 2025 | 79/91 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 71 Music Albums of 2025 | 17/71 | 4 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 31 Music Albums of 2025 | 15/31 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jorbaa | Top 67 Music Albums of 2025 | 62/67 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Next 57 Music Albums of 2025 | 47/57 | - |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 23 Music Albums of 2025 | 15/23 | 2 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 75 Music Albums of 2025 | 57/75 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 70 | |||
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The Human Fear ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/16/2026 12:45 |  DanielNunes93 | 2,819 | 61/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 14:27 | jnmayles | 2,393 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 17:39 | Yannlebrac | 183 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 65.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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The Human Fear forum mentions
imacgill 01/15/2025 03:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 01/10/2025 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2025-01-06) (week 02, 2025)The Human Fear comments
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Hope it grows more on me, but I do like it after a few listens.
It always feels with Franz lately that the wait is overly long for what ends up being a very solid short record and not much else. However I do accept that it's a fan issue and not a band issue.
Out of their contemporaries most bands haven't been able to age out of the zeitgeist as gracefully as Franz have. I honestly have never heard a bad Franz album and the streak continues thanks to today.
The concept of celebrating fear in its multi-facets as one grows older is noticeable. Even if it does not really speak to any new cool perspective or develops a lot throughout.
As a collection of songs it certainly does their catalogue justice. Typically groovy with choruses for days (Night or Day is the best for me). As an album it at the moment ranks above Always Ascending and FFS. (Edited)
Album Rating: 74.73
(822/11)
Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - The Human Fear
10.01.2025
Stand out track is track 6 (‘Night Or Day’), which oozes Moldovan ESC - reminiscent of Pasha Parfeni’s Laûtar from 2012.
In fact most of the album has a Eurovision vibe to it, culminating in ‘Black Eyelashes’ and its Folegandros pretensions.
Reminiscent of The Divine Comedy at times. Irascible and proud.
1. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Audacious. 74
2.Everydaydreamer. 83
3. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - The Doctor. 74
4. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Hooked. 73
5. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Build It Up. 73
6. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Night Or Day. 87
7. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Bar Lonely. 74
8. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Cats. 67
9. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Black Eyelashes. 74
10. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Tell Me I Should Stay. 74
11. Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - The Birds. 69
Ranked in order:
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Night Or Day. 87
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Everydaydreamer. 83
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - The Doctor. 74
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Bar Lonely. 74
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Black Eyelashes. 74
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Tell Me I Should Stay. 74
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Audacious. 74
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Build It Up. 73
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Hooked. 73
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - The Birds. 69
* Franz Ferdinand (THF - UK - Jan 25) - Cats. 67 (Edited)
A January release from a well established act and its floundering outside the top 10! Really hoped to like this album, but its a band going through the motions... a feeling I've had since 2013's relatively strong Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. (Edited)
The first half of the album is enjoyable, but the second half is much more questionable. (Edited)
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