Fear And Whiskey
by Mekons

Overall rank: 4,113th | 1980s rank: 595th | 1985 rank: 55th
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2026	Helios	Top 90 Music Albums of 1985	72/90	1
2026	matterhornrider	Top 70 Music Albums of 1985	51/70	1
2026	AAL2014	Top 55 Music Albums of 1985	32/55	2
2026	Norman Bates	Top 100 Music Albums of 1985	8/100	5
2026	cmoshier	Top 99 Music Albums of 1985	34/99	3
2026	NoisyBeast	Top Albums of 1985... #201-300	28/99	-
2026	pjerske	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	61/100	8
2026	imacgill	Top 100 Music Albums of 1985	46/100	3
2026	jonny5244	Top 22 Music Albums of 1985	17/22	1
2026	Jorbaa	101-200	21/100	-
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		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		354

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74/100 (from 108 votes)

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75/100 !	08/08/2026 10:24	cicadelic	13,981	73/100
70/100 !	02/28/2026 17:17	DaveH68	1,363	76/100
60/100 !	01/07/2026 15:13	Jakor	5,546	70/100

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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.

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Repo 05/13/2025 22:11 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)

“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”

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dihansse 04/25/2021 20:08 in My discoveries per year

“And then 1985: With first an album I already own: Where Morrissey turns (over-)pamphletic especially on the title track. But in fact this is not a bad song and the same goes for the rest of the second half of the album which is as good as the other work of the Smitsh. But the same can't be said for…”

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70/100

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Jboy56 02/03/2022 16:25 | #280579

No

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From Vsaville 01/03/2022 18:35 | #278524 | TOP COMMENT

monotone thumping screeching violin

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25/100

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timtooky 04/25/2014 22:00 | #110079 | TOP COMMENT

this record is full of varied and mainly sophisticated sounds and in some way it's interesting and appealing. there are influences of irish folk, punk and prog. but there is not much that stays in mind. the songs are indeed skillfully but also little poignant.

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Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/06/2012 19:54 | #39599 | TOP COMMENT

Few good songs here and there. And overall, not bad. Bit disappointing though due to the hype and ratings. Love the cover btw.

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From an_outlaw 05/29/2010 19:34 | #12298 | TOP COMMENT

It started great with songs like Chivalry. Gets a bit forgetful near the end.

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