Code: Selfish
by The Fall
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Code: Selfish is ranked 17th 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 950 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,830.
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Code: Selfish track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Code: Selfish rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1992 | 51/92 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1992 | 24/50 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 72 Music Albums of 1992 | 63/72 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the '90's (301 - 400) by U R C | 27/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1992 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 50/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 86 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/13/2025 00:34 | 1977Podcast | 66 | 86/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2025 09:52 | daCritic | 4,650 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2024 05:41 | Sumbody | 1,916 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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This is the spring without end
This is the summer of malcontent
This is the winter of your mind
Ah Free Range uh.
An improvement on the previous album Shift Work but still very much part of that mid 90's lull which started to improve again with the Light User Syndrome, not long before the group was sacked or walked out.
Anyway, Code Selfish includes the excellent Free Range, which is still the only original Fall single to crack the Top 40, this album also includes the hidden gem of Time Enough At Last which is essential Fall and The Birmingham School Of Business School which is also a corker.
Sandrof1969 02/18/2018 19:26 | #208728
Di gran lunga il mio album preferito dei Fall. Energico, apparentemente minimale, melodico di una melodia tutta sua, grezzo ma curato nei particolari: la solita ricetta dei Fall ma, a mio avviso, meglio riuscita che altrove. La voce strascicata del leader ( assoluto ) Marc E. Smith è una garanzia se non sempre di qualità almeno di insolenza...
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