Mesh & Lace
by Modern English

Mesh & Lace by Modern English
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 15,966th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 24 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (237th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,154th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,966th)

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Modern English bestography

Mesh & Lace is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Modern English on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Modern English is After The Snow which is ranked number 8902 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 137.

Modern English album bestography « Higher ranked (8,902nd)
After The Snow
This album (15,966th)
Mesh & Lace
Lower ranked (49,455th) »
Ricochet Days

(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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Mesh & Lace rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,966th | 1980s rank: 2,154th | 1981 rank: 237th
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2026Cheboygan74Top 21 Music Albums of 198113/212
2026UntitledTop 25 Music Albums of 198125/250
2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s84/1003
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198131/1004
2025 slatsheitTop 49 Music Albums of 198149/490
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198130/1004
2024 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198166/1002
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198162/1002
2023Daredevil42Top 64 Music Albums of 198138/642
2021uDiscoverMusicThe Best Albums of 198127/573
2019 guzguzgarbitTop 23 Music Albums of 19815/234
2019 guzguzgarbitTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s26/10015
2019 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s6/10019
2018 CellarDoorTop 100 Music Albums of 198175/1001
2018glynspsaTop 100 Music Albums of 198155/1002
2017 NoisyBeastTop 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1301-140027/100 -
2017 PatrickDTop 100 Music Albums of 198139/1003
2017 PatrickDGreatest 4AD Records Albums54/100 -
2017liveinacarTop 26 Music Albums of 198125/260
2016 NoisyBeastTop 100 Music Albums of 198185/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 21
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 70
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Mesh & Lace ratings

Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 24 votes)
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65/100
 
02/27/2025 00:49 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100
 
60/100
 
10/07/2024 13:42 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  5,99871/100
 
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01/01/2024 18:34 Cheboygan74  Ratings distribution  1,28952/100
 
90/100
 
10/18/2023 10:46 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,22685/100
 
60/100
 
10/02/2023 21:13 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,76364/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.7/100, a mean average of 64.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.

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60/100
From 04/17/2022 20:28 | #284339
This is a pretty dark album and the album does a good job in creating an ominous tone and atmosphere which is well maintained. It is quite consistent as well with each song being pretty decent and none of them really stray to far away from the sound they are trying to make. The bass lines are very catchy and enjoyable on some of the songs as well and they really help to build the tension of the music. However, where the album struggles is the lack of any real great songs as there isn't anything to draw me back to this album. Furthermore, it can be a little simple and repetitive at times making it a bit boring. Overall, a dark and atmospheric album that is pretty decent but it isn't anything special.
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Best Albums of 1981
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