The Art Of Falling Apart
by Soft Cell

The Art Of Falling Apart by Soft Cell
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 13,754th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (180th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,885th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,754th)

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Soft Cell bestography

The Art Of Falling Apart is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Soft Cell on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Soft Cell is Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret which is ranked number 1840 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 913.

Soft Cell album bestography « Higher ranked (1,840th)
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
This album (13,749th)
The Art Of Falling Apart
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The Art Of Falling Apart

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Overall rank: 13,754th | 1980s rank: 1,885th | 1983 rank: 180th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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01/20/2025 11:13 TheWongs  Ratings distribution  74171/100
 
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01/10/2025 13:30 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,36369/100
 
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03/18/2023 07:27 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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01/07/2023 21:54 drstuey  Ratings distribution  2,69773/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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From 10/21/2012 19:46 | #53050
The singles released from the album are totally brilliant but the other tracks just about cut mustard.
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Best Albums of 1983
1. Murmur by R.E.M.
2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
3. Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
4. Synchronicity by The Police
5. War by U2
6. Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads
7. Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
8. Kill 'Em All by Metallica
9. Let's Dance by David Bowie
10. Clics Modernos by Charly García
11. Script Of The Bridge by The Chameleons
12. The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
13. Soul Mining by The The
14. The Hurting by Tears For Fears
15. Piece Of Mind by Iron Maiden
16. Pyromania by Def Leppard
17. Holy Diver by Dio
18. Eliminator by ZZ Top
19. Script For A Jester's Tear by Marillion
20. Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
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