Fear Fun
by Father John Misty
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Father John Misty bestography
Fear Fun is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by Father John Misty on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Father John Misty is I Love You, Honeybear which is ranked number 324 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,117.
(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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Fear Fun track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fear Fun 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 | VanillaBean | Top 71 Music Albums of the 2010s | 66/71 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2012 | 8/51 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 92 Music Albums of 2012 | 19/92 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 24 Music Albums of 2012 | 14/24 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 53 Music Albums of 2012 | 51/53 | 0 |
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 46 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/46 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Owl 50 Best Albums of 2012 | 21/50 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 89 Music Albums of 2012 | 54/89 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 36 Music Albums of 2012 | 25/36 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 232 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,006 | |||
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Fear Fun ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/08/2026 12:43 | cicadelic | 13,846 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 01:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,601 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2026 00:19 | stangetzaway | 2,318 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5399): By chisholm.mattFear Fun comments
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A very chill album that is very easy to listen too and seems to go by very quickly. There are great songs on here and all the songs are intriguing and have brilliant lyrics on them and that is the real strength of the record. There is also quite a lot of catchy and easy to enjoy music on some of the songs as well which create a great combo with the vocal. However, there are some weaker tracks on the album that do seem a little simple and just don't flow as well as others. It is also dips nearer the end and the track quality isn't as good as when the album started. Overall, a great album but the artist has definitely created better records.
luigybetis 06/02/2018 11:59 | #215961
Some great songs in here, but overall it gets a bit boring. 7/10.
buzzdainer 05/19/2016 15:22 | #166462
I saw Father John Misty perform live at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina, a few months after this album came out. It was one of the most painfully awkward and arrogant live performances I've ever seen. It made me intensely dislike Josh Tillman, and it diminished my appreciation for this album. Still, I can't dent it's one of the great albums of the twenty-first century so far. The songwriting is funny, clever, impeccable, and surprisingly moving, considering it came from a person as deeply off-putting as Tillman. "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings" is an amazing song about having sex in a graveyard.
There was Jim Morrison and now is him.
One of the easiest listens (in the best way possible) that I can think of. Lyrics are brilliantly entertaining. Catchy melodies all over. To top it all off, you get fantastic moments of sincerity from a guy that sings about drug use, sex, and the environmental impact of making an album. All it takes is a few listens and you'll find yourself humming Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings all the damn time. Look out for his upcoming release (in a few days).
I've heard he puts on a hell of a show as well. Seeing him in two weeks, so I'm excited to find out for myself!
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