Cerebral Caustic
by The Fall
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Cerebral Caustic is ranked 32nd 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 932 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,870.
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Cerebral Caustic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cerebral Caustic rankings
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Cerebral Caustic ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/13/2025 01:05 | 1977Podcast | 66 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2025 16:46 | daCritic | 4,576 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 12:09 | RemainInLight | 3,594 | 35/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2024 14:19 | Robmc70 | 1,487 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 05:51 | Sumbody | 1,900 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 67.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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A really good album until you get to Bonkers In Phoenix and it's as if they couldn't be bothered finishing the album
Quite an underrated one this, it is never mentioned as one of the high points of the 90's for the Fall but it cannot be too far off, out of the 12 tracks, there are only a couple that are below par really.
Life Just Bounces, Feeling Numb and The Joke are great, The Aphid is a joy, Bonkers In Phoenix is nice and odd but not so much that it cannot be appreciated. I also recently discovered One Day and that is a great little track.
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