Sons And Fascination
by Simple Minds

Sons And Fascination by Simple Minds
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 15,159th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 48 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (218th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,054th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,159th)

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Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call by Simple Minds (CD, Mar-1994, Virgin)
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Simple Minds bestography

Sons And Fascination is ranked 8th best out of 26 albums by Simple Minds on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Simple Minds is New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) which is ranked number 767 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,247.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,159th | 1980s rank: 2,054th | 1981 rank: 218th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 48 votes)
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12/12/2025 18:59 Tony58  Ratings distribution  73572/100
 
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07/19/2025 22:54 rfowler  Ratings distribution  44385/100
 
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03/23/2025 07:13 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,63066/100
 
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03/15/2025 12:14 pa  Ratings distribution  3,56581/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
7. Dare by The Human League
8. Faith by The Cure
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Deceit by This Heat
11. Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
12. Youth Of America by Wipers
13. Ghost In The Machine by The Police
14. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
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17. Face Value by Phil Collins
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19. Nightclubbing by Grace Jones
20. Movement by New Order
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