The Record
by Fear
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The Record is ranked as the best album by Fear.
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The Record track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Record rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 26 Music Albums of 1982 | 24/26 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1982 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 42 Music Albums of 1982 | 14/42 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 1/55 | 5 |
| 2026 | ERadio | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 44 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1982 | 52/97 | 2 |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 1982 | 87/99 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 58 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 219 | |||
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The Record ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 01:57 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 02:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,887 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 23:07 | traistboar | 1,793 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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The Record forum mentions
Mercury 03/31/2023 22:57 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!
neilgee 05/30/2021 21:17 in What album are you listening to right now?
Repo 05/25/2021 01:51 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysThe Record comments
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What happens when a cynical Vietnam Vet fronts a nihilistic hardcore band. Lee Ving's biting satire rivals even Ginn's about Life in the City in the years before Giulianni and gentrification (for better & worse) made "them safe for me and you".
WARNING: This album was completely re-recorded in 2012. Track down the original. (although as far as re-recordings go it's pretty awesome adding some muscle and better low end to the sound.)
One of the most mediocre of the classic hardcore punk records. Lets Have a War and I Love Living in the City are pretty greath though and definitely funny.
Responsible for the greatest moment in SNL history as shown here...
http://videosift.com/video/FEAR-Saturday-Night-Live-1981-Historic-Performan ce?loadcomm=1
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