Grotesque (After The Gramme)
by The Fall
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Grotesque (After The Gramme) is ranked 5th best out of 55 albums by The Fall on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Fall is This Nation's Saving Grace which is ranked number 950 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,833.
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Grotesque (After The Gramme) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Grotesque (After The Gramme) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 201-300 | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 47/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 33 Music Albums of 1980 | 18/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | spewventuri | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1980s | 61/91 | 7 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1980 | 16/91 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 24/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 97 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 391 | |||
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Grotesque (After The Gramme) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/26/2026 04:03 | dukeboxkool | 2,269 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 12:27 | Skip25 | 31 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 17:13 | Steve_Emmett | 122 | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
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Grotesque (After The Gramme) forum mentions
dihansse 10/27/2018 19:41 in My discoveries per year
Jimmy Dread 08/17/2018 06:31 in Best 3 Year Album Run of Any ArtistGrotesque (After The Gramme) comments
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A precurser to Hex from 1980, track for track it more or less equals anything in the Fall's cannon, except for the inevitable token out-there experimental track of WMC Blob 59 which doesn't really serve much purpose. There's wonderful wordplay in English Scheme and New Face In Hell, tales of Hitler on speed in Gramme Friday and very dark subject matter in Impression Of J Temperance which make this...well, just your typical Fall album I suppose, but one of their best. (Edited)
I'm happy to see Grotesque rated so highly here. This captured an early peak for the band that's as compelling to me as Hex Enduction Hour. Even the misteps are idiosyncratic (tape noise, long jams over a riff) and put the last pieces of the quote unquote "Fall Sound" into place.
This is the first truely classic Fall album. One of the five starting points I recommend to the curious.
No greater collection of songs I've ever heard in my life. The Fall of this time are the greatest musical group ever assembled.
timtooky 05/09/2014 20:55 | #111319 | TOP COMMENT
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really difficult music - imo it's too strange and arty. i don't get a whatever-feeling-like-listening-to-music-feeling while listening to it.
slshrdanclshr 05/11/2019 17:27 | #236142 | TOP COMMENT
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i think it's notable that this is the funniest fall album.
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