Forever Breathes The Lonely Word
by Felt (UK)

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Forever Breathes The Lonely Word by Felt (UK)
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-09-00
Overall rank: 3,342nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 95 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (46th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (489th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,342nd)

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Felt (UK) bestography

Forever Breathes The Lonely Word is ranked as the best album by Felt (UK).

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Forever Breathes The Lonely Word rankings

Forever Breathes The Lonely Word rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,342nd | 1980s rank: 489th | 1986 rank: 46th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 95 votes)
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 !		06/27/2026 22:51 Ilovesuicide  Ratings distribution  37367/100
 
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 !		03/18/2026 08:47 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,84283/100

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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 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.


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“(My ratings are far from complete indeed, not to mention many of them are inconsistent or simply out of date.) When it comes to this band, I listened to their debut once, didn’t like it and totally forgot about them, so I wasn’t familiar with this album. Lawrence may not be a good singer in the…”
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From 08/07/2012 15:55 | #48029 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Their classic album and brilliant introduction to the warped perfectionism of Lawrence Felt. As well as All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead, A Wave Crashed on Rocks, and Hours of Darkness Have Changed My Mind are highlights.
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From 10/18/2019 04:21 | #243866 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Best jangle pop album of all time. Great hooks, amazing production. Bliss in sound.
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Reminds me of bob dylan and/or lou reed melded with belle and sebastian
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"Down But Not Yet Out" is also a highlight. Great guitar music
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From 08/16/2019 11:29 | #241261 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The one Felt album where everything came together perfectly
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