Code: Selfish
by The Fall

Code: Selfish by The Fall
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 13,642nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (214th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (2,160th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,642nd)

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Code: Selfish is ranked 18th 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 931 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,866.

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Code: Selfish rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,642nd | 1990s rank: 2,160th | 1992 rank: 214th  Overall chart history
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2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 199245/1003
2026LittleM1971Top 92 Music Albums of 199251/922
2026Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s56/1009
2026Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 199211/1005
2026cicadelicQ magazine Recordings Of The Year 199224/50 -
2025 Sandrof1969Top 15 Music Albums of 19927/153
2025 MadhattanJackTop 72 Music Albums of 199263/721
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 199247/1003
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '90's (301 - 400) by U R C27/100 -
2024cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 199250/1003
2024spewventuriTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s61/1008
2023 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 199240/1003
2023TheSmiths82-87Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s44/10011
2023ThuramThugoodRanked - The Fall - Ranked25/51 -
2023TheSmiths82-87Top 21 Music Albums of 19924/214
2022 mutley88Top 8 Music Albums of 19922/84
2022WayneMCTop 70 Music Albums of 199232/703
2021markc19the fall albums ranked19/32 -
2020panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 199299/1000
2020joshbrooker2001Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s50/500
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 28
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 86
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73/100 (from 33 votes)
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From 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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From 09/12/2017 10:50 | #197843
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.
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From 01/16/2013 12:55 | #61692
This is the spring without end
This is the summer of malcontent
This is the winter of your mind
Ah Free Range uh.
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