It'll End In Tears
by This Mortal Coil
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It'll End In Tears is ranked as the best album by This Mortal Coil.
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It'll End In Tears track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
It'll End In Tears rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 68/98 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1984 | 70/91 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1984 | 37/57 | 2 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 17 Music Albums of 1984 | 13/17 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 89 Music Albums of 1984 | 42/89 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 72 Music Albums of 1984 | 24/72 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1984 by Ultimate Record Collection | 45/46 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 27 Music Albums of 1984 | 23/27 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 75 Music Albums of 1984 | 44/75 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 61/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 154 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 661 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 01:46 | martintho | 4,733 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2026 15:04 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 03:07 |  Helios | 6,259 | 69/100 |
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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 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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It'll End In Tears forum mentions
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timtooky 04/10/2014 13:24 | #108931 | TOP COMMENT
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this is music from and for depressive fairies. mystical, gloomy and melancholy. one like to shout: "hey! lighten up."
(song to the siren is surely one of the most impressing pieces in a goth-whatever-style.) (Edited)
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/29/2021 09:19 | #275501 | TOP COMMENT
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Released in 1984, this album had a profound impact on my burgeoning music tastes. Not necessarily because it’s particularly good (I’ll get to that) but rather how it opened my eyes and ears to the world of 4AD which in turn lead me to artists such as Big Star, The Cocteau Twins, Belly, Bauhaus, Dead Can Dance which in turn lead to the world of the alternative sound and later The Pixies, Pale Saints , Throwing Muses just to name a few
Hearing ‘It’ll End in Tears’ for the first time in the mid 80’s was like hearing something from another planet. It sounded weird, ethereal, intense and powerful all rolled into one. It wasn’t until years later that I learnt six of the twelve tracks are actual covers being:
1. “Kangaroo”: Big Star
2. “Song to the Siren”: Tim Buckley
3. “Holocaust”: Big Star
4. “Fond Affections”: Rema-Rema
5. “Another Day”: Roy Harper
6. “Not Me”: Colin Newman
And here’s where I have a problem with this album - these cover versions are easily the best tracks here. Hell “Song to the Siren” and “Another Day” blow the original songs out of the water. Unfortunately though the TMS original tracks are largely laborious and uninteresting which is such a shame but fortunately corrected on the next release ‘Filigree & Shadow’ in 2 years time
Impact on my life: 100/100
Cover Versions: 90 /100
Originals: 55/100 (Meh)
Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/11/2014 04:24 | #102846 | TOP COMMENT
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Simply awe inspiring.
SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/13/2014 01:01 | #121848 | TOP COMMENT
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Generally disinteresting, it heavily drags. More ambient tracks are very nice and I also like the opening two a lot, but everything in between (the ethereal wave stuff) is pretty bland.
Very good album. After almoust 30 years it still sounds very nice
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