The Reality Of My Surroundings
by Fishbone
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Fishbone bestography
The Reality Of My Surroundings is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Fishbone on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fishbone is Truth And Soul which is ranked number 9611 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 127.
(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 Reality Of My Surroundings track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Reality Of My Surroundings rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1991 | 28/86 | - |
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 90 Music Albums of 1991 | 45/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 36 Music Albums of 1991 | 21/36 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrfloosak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 41 Music Albums of 1991 | 23/41 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 58/100 | 39 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 1991 To-Do List | 72/77 | - |
| 2024 |  Brandon8 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 30/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 85 | |||
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The Reality Of My Surroundings ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/08/2026 09:26 | ssteve | 2,607 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 08:21 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2025 05:17 | Herdandhokies | 402 | 55/100 |
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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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NoisyBeast 04/07/2018 19:46 in What album are you listening to right now?The Reality Of My Surroundings comments
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An AMAZING album! I would go so far as to call it a work of genius! Stuffed with musical idea's and inspired mayhem - these guys should be so proud to have produced such a great record, even if it seems to be unjustly overlooked here. This might be the next album you fall in love with!
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/02/2015 02:33 | #152379
One of my favorites growing up. This album has a ton of energy and musical integrity.
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