Psyence Fiction (studio album)
by Unkle

Album
Psyence Fiction by Unkle
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 2,845th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 152 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (486th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,845th)

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Psyence Fiction is ranked as the best album by Unkle.

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Psyence Fiction Lower ranked (6,157th) »
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Psyence Fiction track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Guns Blazing (Drums Of Death, Pt. 1)
Average Rating: 79 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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UNKLE (Main Title Theme)
Average Rating: 79 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bloodstain
Average Rating: 81 (30 votes)Comments: View 0
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Unreal
Average Rating: 79 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
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Lonely Soul
Average Rating: 84 (37 votes)Comments: View 1
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Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field Of Artist Management
Average Rating: 70 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
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Nursery Rhyme/Breather
Average Rating: 77 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
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Celestial Annihilation
Average Rating: 77 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Knock (Drums Of Death, Pt. 2)
Average Rating: 73 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
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Chaos
Average Rating: 74 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
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Rabbit In Your Headlights
Average Rating: 86 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
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Outro (Mandatory)
Average Rating: 71 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
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Psyence Fiction rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,845th | 1990s rank: 486th | 1998 rank: 54th

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Psyence Fiction ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 152 votes)
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 !		05/22/2025 16:12 SomethingSpecial   1,73082/100
 
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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 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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45/100
From 02/11/2022 20:34 | #281139
A decent album but not spectacular. My highlights are Nursery Rhyme, Bloodstain and The Knock Pt 2 (even with Mike D trying his best to ruin it).
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50/100
From 05/28/2018 02:15 | #215688
I recall buying this on CD when it first came out and at the time (1998) it sounded fresh , exciting and compelling

Some 20 years later as I write this in 2018 unfortunately time has been less kind & when I re-listened to this album recently I was left wondering what all the fuss was about , especially lead single "Lonely Soul"

I had one of those musical "Oh Yeah , I forgot about that " moments when Tom Yorkes "Rabbit In Your Headlights" came on , its clearly the standout moment here . Its noteworthy as it is one the first recorded songs he completed post OK

Not the worst album by any stretch but I've moved on

Its Not You Its Me ......

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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/15/2015 21:10 | #136969
Hurts my brain, but keeps my attention. A compelling record.
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From 08/14/2014 13:05 | #119491
This is very good folks!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 12/02/2013 17:17 | #96065
No sure why this gets written off. Great record. Good guests incl thom yorke, badly drawn boy, ashcroft, mike d, kool g rap. No liam gallagher or ian brown though! Although one of the inst tracks off this was released as a single with an ian brown vocal.
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85/100
From 08/07/2010 14:06 | #14132
Great record very eclectic with vocals from Richard Ashcroft , Ian Brown, Thom York, Liam Galager and mixing by Dj Shadow check it out .
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