Life Is People
by Bill Fay

Life Is People by Bill Fay
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-08-21
Overall rank: 4,857th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 58 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2012 (90th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (878th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,857th)

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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 3183 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 474.

Bill Fay album bestography « Higher ranked (3,183rd)
Time Of The Last Persecution
This album (4,857th)
Life Is People
Lower ranked (13,452nd) »
Bill Fay

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Overall rank: 4,857th | 2010s rank: 878th | 2012 rank: 90th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 58 votes)
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03/09/2026 16:17 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,14483/100
 
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03/04/2026 03:06 paladisiac  Ratings distribution  7,28965/100
 
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02/27/2026 23:26 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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12/19/2025 16:27 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,06464/100
 
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12/07/2025 21:25 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.1.

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90/100
From 06/18/2016 13:11 | #169055
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.
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From 11/09/2012 03:06 | #54609
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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