Imperial Wax Solvent
by The Fall
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Imperial Wax Solvent is ranked 22nd 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 913 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,890.
(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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Imperial Wax Solvent track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Imperial Wax Solvent rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/13/2025 00:58 | 1977Podcast | 66 | 86/100 | |
| 10/10/2025 20:17 | LittleM1971 | 5,900 | 81/100 | |
| 09/22/2025 22:31 | PapaShiz86 | 11,073 | 79/100 | |
| 03/26/2024 07:45 | Robmc70 | 1,485 | 80/100 | |
| 09/01/2023 05:54 | Sumbody | 1,795 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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This was actually the first Fall album I bought as soon as it was released and also around the time I first saw the Fall live. The previous 8 or 9 years I was into the Fall I was immersed in the 80's albums which were an obvious highlight but this album proved they still had quite a lot to offer.
Initially, 50 Year Old Man was my favourite, that one seems to have faded a little for me as it is a little overlong but there are still quite a few others that are great - Wolf Kidult Man, Tommy Shooter and Alton Towers for example.
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