It'll End In Tears (studio album) by This Mortal Coil

It'll End In Tears by This Mortal Coil
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 2,453rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 137 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (377th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,453rd)
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 137 votes)
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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 77.4/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.

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80/100
From 10/29/2021 09:19
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)
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80/100
From 09/19/2019 06:23
Very mysterious and beautiful music
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From 06/27/2016 17:44
My favorite songs :Song to the sirenes....Kangaroo.....Another day.....A single wish.....Not me
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From 09/13/2014 01:01
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.
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From 02/11/2014 04:24
Simply awe inspiring.
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From 05/28/2012 10:25
Very good album. After almoust 30 years it still sounds very nice
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