Life Is People
by Bill Fay
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Bill Fay bestography
Life Is People is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Bill Fay on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Fay is Time Of The Last Persecution which is ranked number 3136 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 488.
(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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Life Is People track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Life Is People rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 30 Music Albums of 2012 | 7/30 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1601-1700* | 62/85 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 2012 | 45/58 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Record Collector 12 New Releases For 2012 | 9/12 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2010s, #201-300 | 61/100 | - |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 17/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 85 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 291 | |||
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Life Is People ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 17:18 | Proto | 4,412 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 00:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 16:17 | Leginlists | 3,845 | 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 76.5/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
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Life Is People forum mentions
badseed 01/26/2018 06:22 in Artists with a LONG span between album releases
meccalecca 06/17/2014 14:24 in BEA ULL Mecca LeccaView all forum mentions
Life Is People comments
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A gorgeous record full of lovely heartbreaking songs. You just simply cannot fail to be moved by this album. This is a record full of love, hope, regret and sadness. Be at peace with yourself, and, the coast no man can tell, are two of the most achingly beautiful songs I have ever heard. Extremely moving stuff.
Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/09/2012 03:06 | #54609 | TOP COMMENT
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An amazing backstory. Recorded albums in 1970 and 1971 and was released from the lael. This is his first album of new material since 1971 and it is inspiring.
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