The Nephilim
by Fields Of The Nephilim

The Nephilim by Fields Of The Nephilim
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 9,506th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 44 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (135th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,362nd)
Award Best albums of all time (9,506th)

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Fields Of The Nephilim bestography

The Nephilim is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Fields Of The Nephilim on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fields Of The Nephilim is Elizium which is ranked number 7224 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 176.

Fields Of The Nephilim album bestography « Higher ranked (7,224th)
Elizium
This album (9,506th)
The Nephilim
Lower ranked (28,280th) »
Dawnrazor

(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 Nephilim rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,506th | 1980s rank: 1,362nd | 1988 rank: 135th
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2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 198855/862
2026joathomeTop 47 Music Albums of 198840/471
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198867/1002
2026JohnnyoGreatest Goth Albums (1 - 100) by Ultimate Record Collection46/100 -
2025OlliTop 100 Music Albums of 198840/1003
2025DJStuart79Top 84 Music Albums of 198837/843
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 198852/1002
2024 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198899/1000
2024 AlexSVKTop 99 Greatest Music Albums91/997
2023 AlexSVKTop 10 Music Albums of 19881/105
2023Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s20/10016
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 198832/1003
2022 paTop 55 Music Albums of 198818/553
2021Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 19883/1005
2020 StefanR10Top 99 Music Albums of 198882/991
2020 CharlieBarleyTop 89 Music Albums of 198886/890
2020Steppenwolf666More albums with great tracks22/100 -
2020TruegothgirlTop 40 Greatest Music Albums33/409
2020 btener11Top 49 Music Albums of 198826/492
2019 DanielNunes93Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s90/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 40
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 127
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The Nephilim ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 44 votes)
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80/100
 
04/03/2026 07:08 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,63373/100
 
80/100
 
11/20/2025 21:03 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,95181/100
 
80/100
 
07/31/2023 11:35 Rafion  Ratings distribution  93579/100
 
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03/15/2023 20:41 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,78963/100
 
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02/25/2023 09:09 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,32564/100

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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 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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Rating:  
85/100
From 12/17/2012 14:33 | #58147
Excellent Goth album. Moonchild is their greatest moment
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90/100
From 01/21/2012 23:19 | #35588
Probably the 2nd best album by Fields of the Nephilim (Elizium being their best). The final 3 songs define what epic goth should be.
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