Slates
by The Fall

Slates by The Fall
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 4,535th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 75 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (658th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,535th)

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The Fall – Slates – EP plus Peel Session and Outtake, Vinyl Record NEW 2021
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The Fall bestography

Slates is ranked 8th best out of 55 albums by The Fall on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Fall is This Nation's Saving Grace which is ranked number 914 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,899.

The Fall album bestography « Higher ranked (4,512th)
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This album (4,535th)
Slates
Lower ranked (6,002nd) »
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Slates rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,535th | 1980s rank: 658th | 1981 rank: 77th
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2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198143/1003
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s69/1006
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198153/1002
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 19818/1005
2026LittleM1971Top 89 Music Albums of 198112/894
2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 19816/1005
2026spewventuriTop 91 Music Albums of the 1980s11/9118
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198167/1002
2026 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 198151/1003
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 601-70015/100 -
2025 Xxnu99etxXMy Top 116 EPs (of those allowed on the site) pt. 138/84 -
2025juanr1096Top 54 Music Albums of 198116/544
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s68/1007
2024ThuramThugoodTop 18 Music Albums of 19814/184
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198163/1002
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1980s 412/36 -
2024RioBravoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums17/10067
2024JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198186/1001
2024sonicdiscourseTo-Do List 198137/90 -
2024 PurplepashTop 39 Music Albums of 198110/394
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 60
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 311
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 75 votes)
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03/13/2026 12:24 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,42870/100
 
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01/15/2026 20:18 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,14074/100
 
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11/13/2025 00:06 1977Podcast  Ratings distribution  6686/100
 
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08/17/2025 21:06 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
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01/20/2025 20:42 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,54465/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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From 06/22/2016 10:36 | #169417
With only six tracks this is more often than not regarded as just an EP but with no filler this makes for a wonderful mini LP featuring one of the best tracks in the Fall cannon in Leave The Capitol. Middle Mass is certainly worth a mention too.
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