The Fox
by Elton John

The Fox by Elton John
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 16,395th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 51 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (239th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,206th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,395th)

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Elton John bestography

The Fox is ranked 20th best out of 56 albums by Elton John on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Elton John is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is ranked number 212 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,344.

Elton John album bestography « Higher ranked (16,094th)
Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II
This album (16,395th)
The Fox
Lower ranked (17,406th) »
11-17-70

(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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The Fox rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,395th | 1980s rank: 2,206th | 1981 rank: 239th
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2026 ExTeaSeaTop 78 Music Albums of 198157/781
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s55/1009
2026 AAL2014Top 65 Music Albums of 198147/651
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 19817/1005
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s64/1007
2025mostlymor1981 (Listening Project Part 1)69/100 -
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Elton John (UK) - Ranked5/61 -
2025lanadeleswiftTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s9/10018
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 198182/1001
2025 AAL2014Elton John: So Far...12/16 -
2025lanadeleswiftTop 32 Music Albums of 19811/325
2025 TamthebamTOP 40 Elton John Albums14/40 -
2025 ExTeaSeaF2LF: Elton John20/25 -
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198141/1003
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Elton John (UK) incl. non-solo - Ranked5/62 -
2024ThuramThugoodTop 18 Music Albums of 198111/182
2024JakorTop 80 Music Albums of 198131/803
2023 TamthebamMy Overall Chart 401- 500 (1953-2020)94/99 -
2022arnellarsenTop 100 Music Albums of 198114/1004
2021blukTop 44 Music Albums of the 1980s43/441
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 25
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 68
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The Fox ratings

Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 51 votes)
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08/21/2025 03:44 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,64075/100
 
70/100
 
09/24/2024 01:04 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,90374/100
 
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10/18/2023 10:47 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,22785/100
 
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10/05/2023 21:21 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,81964/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.9/100, a mean average of 64.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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