The Physical World
by Death From Above 1979

The Physical World by Death From Above 1979
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-09-09
Overall rank: 6,234th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 78 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2014 (114th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,175th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,234th)

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Death From Above 1979 bestography

The Physical World is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Death From Above on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Death From Above is You're A Woman, I'm A Machine which is ranked number 1875 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 889.

Death From Above 1979 album bestography « Higher ranked (1,875th)
You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
This album (6,234th)
The Physical World
Lower ranked (18,677th) »
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Overall rank: 6,234th | 2010s rank: 1,175th | 2014 rank: 114th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 78 votes)
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01/13/2026 15:49 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,77364/100
 
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07/10/2024 11:36 Dingerbell  Ratings distribution  4,00362/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.

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85/100
From 09/18/2014 01:50 | #122144
I like the fact that the last song from this album ends exactly like their previous album started. The same sound, 10 years appart. But you gotta see them live to really enjoy the power of these songs. Great stuff!
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From 09/08/2014 18:29 | #121514
Way different from what we were expecting, first try i didnt really liked it. Tough it grow on me, Always On was a dead-on bullseye. EDIT: This album got me gripped, multiple songs keep haunting my head, i've been playing this album daily since it came out.
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