Second Toughest In The Infants
by Underworld

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-03-11
Overall rank: 2,945th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 139 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (60th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (499th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,945th)

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Underworld bestography

Second Toughest In The Infants is ranked 2nd best out of 32 albums by Underworld on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Underworld is Dubnobasswithmyheadman which is ranked number 1615 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,066.

Underworld album bestography « Higher ranked (1,615th)
Dubnobasswithmyheadman
This album (2,945th)
Second Toughest In The Infants
Lower ranked (4,148th) »
Beaucoup Fish

(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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Second Toughest In The Infants track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Second Toughest In The Infants rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,945th | 1990s rank: 499th | 1996 rank: 60th

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Second Toughest In The Infants ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 139 votes)
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07/07/2026 09:53 ssteve  Ratings distribution  2,54976/100
 
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06/19/2026 09:45 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,56835/100
 
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05/30/2026 09:41 libbyshuss  Ratings distribution  8880/100
 
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05/26/2026 12:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  14,68470/100
 
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04/30/2026 00:26 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,10481/100

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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 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.

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Shortlisted for the 1996 Mercury Music Prize. The Winner was Different Class by Pulp
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75/100
From 01/27/2025 15:18 | #307267
Album Rating: 75.63
(605/8)

Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Second Toughest In The Infants

11.03.1996

1.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream Of Love 83
2.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Banstyle/Sappys Curry 83
3.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Confusion The Waitress 77
4.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Rowla 68
5.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Pearls Girl 87
6.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Air Towel 65
7.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Blueski 66
8.Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Stagger 76

Ranked in order:

* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Pearls Girl 87
* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream Of Love 83
* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Banstyle/Sappys Curry 83
* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Confusion The Waitress 77
* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Stagger 76
* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Rowla 68
* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Blueski 66
* Underworld (STITI - UK - Mar 96) - Air Towel 65
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90/100
From 06/25/2020 22:23 | #254510
Fav. Tracks: Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream Of Love, Rowla, Pearl's Girl, Blueski.
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80/100
Did not find anything after Rowla nearly as engaging as the first part of the album. but that part of the album had some really excellent tracks on it.

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85/100
In my opinion, this is Underworlds best record. Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream Of Love is an epic opening track.
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Underworlds grittiest, most techno orientated album. Still love it even after all these years!
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