The Rise & Fall
by Madness

The Rise & Fall by Madness
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 7,423rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 90 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (113th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,066th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,423rd)

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Madness bestography

The Rise & Fall is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by Madness on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Madness is One Step Beyond... which is ranked number 2207 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 734.

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The Rise & Fall

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The Rise & Fall track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,423rd | 1980s rank: 1,066th | 1982 rank: 113th

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 90 votes)
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12/10/2025 14:40 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
90/100
 
05/12/2025 11:34 Spartakist  Ratings distribution  5278/100
 
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04/20/2025 06:30 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,12072/100
 
65/100
 
11/05/2024 11:02 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,38969/100
 
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09/21/2024 18:18 Banner  Ratings distribution  4,91080/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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45/100
From 12/02/2021 14:23 | #277003
moderately successful pop songs largely superficial
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From 07/22/2019 15:28 | #240200
Favorite Tracks:Blue Skinned Beast
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85/100
From 09/06/2017 17:14 | #197381
Arguably their best album. The songs are more consistent throughout the record than previous Madness releases. Our house, is of course the highlight but there are plenty of other gems to be found on this strong LP. Good album.
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80/100
From 08/04/2016 20:45 | #172316
The first studio album bought after my Madness introduction with Complete Madness and still enjoyable now. Madness seemed to grow up a little on this one and although the only really well known track is the brilliant Our House I think this was their first really consistent album. Not quite as good as One Step Beyond, but far better than albums 2 and 3.
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