Allegory And Self
by Psychic TV

Allegory And Self by Psychic TV
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 26,440th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 9 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (322nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,325th)
Award Best albums of all time (26,440th)

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Psychic TV bestography

Allegory And Self is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Psychic TV on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Psychic TV is Dreams Less Sweet which is ranked number 20478 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 50.

Psychic TV album bestography « Higher ranked (24,314th)
Force The Hand Of Chance
This album (26,440th)
Allegory And Self
Lower ranked (29,358th) »
A Pagan Day

(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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Overall rank: 26,440th | 1980s rank: 3,325th | 1988 rank: 322nd

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From 11/06/2012 00:04 | #54344
Genesis P. Orridge has to be the weirdest man ever to pound the streets of Manchester. 'Allegory and Self' is just as bonkers as the ex Throbbing Gristle front man... just in a very different way!
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