Ferris Wheel On Fire
by Neutral Milk Hotel
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Neutral Milk Hotel bestography
Ferris Wheel On Fire is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Neutral Milk Hotel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neutral Milk Hotel is In The Aeroplane Over The Sea which is ranked number 18 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,553.
(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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Ferris Wheel On Fire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ferris Wheel On Fire rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 71/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut-2013 | 17/25 | - |
| 2026 |  Xxnu99etxX | My Top 116 EPs (of those allowed on the site) pt. 1 | 22/80 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 23/99 | - |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | The 100 Greatest Music Albums Vol. 2 | 12/58 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 21/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 45 Music Albums of 2011 | 14/45 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 8/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 222 | |||
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Ferris Wheel On Fire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/02/2026 12:19 | superhands | 6 | 58/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 14:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,085 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 17:21 | Map | 525 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Ferris Wheel On Fire forum mentions
albummaster 10/18/2025 05:46 in Year Change Notices
ForegroundNoise 05/16/2019 08:14 in Best Year This Decade
mdbaxter 05/16/2018 17:08 in What album are you listening to right now?Ferris Wheel On Fire comments
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GandalfORiley345 05/30/2014 01:06 | #113272 | TOP COMMENT
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Greatest EP ever, no words, no competition, no one in front
Captures the same vibe and feel as Aeroplane. Oh Sister could be an extension of Oh Comely. Jeff Mangum is a ridiculously talented songwriter and these two albums - Aeroplane and Ferris Wheel - deserve to be ranked with any of the great Springsteen, Nas, or Tom Waits, in that regard.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/12/2014 18:07 | #109115 | TOP COMMENT
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How did I not know about this until just now?! This is fine! It's a great reminder of everything we love about this guy.
The only EP that I consistently listen to. A real shame that NMH never followed up ITAOTS. If you enjoy their sound, i recommend you listen to Little Birds, the only single they released after their magnum opus.
Fav. tracks: Oh sister, Engine, A baby for Pree
92/100
Jeff Mangum is Jesus
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