Mercyful Fate
by Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate bestography

Mercyful Fate is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Mercyful Fate on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mercyful Fate is Don't Break The Oath which is ranked number 3250 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 468.

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Mercyful Fate track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mercyful Fate rankings

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Overall rank: 20,715th | 1980s rank: 2,692nd | 1982 rank: 297th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 198264/1002
2026vruslovTop 97 Music Albums of 198220/974
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 198263/1002
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 500 Albums: 401-50025/100 -
2026Steppenwolf666Top 97 Music Albums of 19822/975
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 22 Music Albums of 198211/223
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s97/1001
2025 FischmanGreatest Debut Rock Albums100/100 -
2025juanr1096Top 53 Music Albums of 198216/534
2024 Repo1982: Metal19/47 -
2024Steppenwolf666Pt8 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website43/99 -
2023 MercuryTop 68 Music Albums of 19829/684
2023Steppenwolf666My Rarest Vinyl Albums pt 554/98 -
2023 Xxnu99etxXTop 47 Music Albums of 198245/470
2023 Xxnu99etxXMy Least Favourite Albums Of All Time63/100 -
2023 MercuryTop 99 Music Albums of the 1980s88/992
2023Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s5/10019
2022LosWochosTop 99 Music Albums of 198271/991
2021panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 198274/1001
2020 Xxnu99etxXMy Top 116 EPs (of those allowed on the site) pt. 214/15 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 28
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 50
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75/100 (from 22 votes)
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04/06/2026 23:22 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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01/16/2026 22:35 mizzle  Ratings distribution  1,44282/100
 
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05/29/2024 15:20 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,40564/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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From 02/22/2020 17:25 | #248147
Brilliant debut EP by Fate. Goes under the moniker Nuns Have No Fun and was rereleased much later as The Beginning.

Four songs and all of them are great. Doomed by the Living Dead and Corpse Without a Soul are standouts.

King Diamond’s voice can grate on novice listeners but the tight rhythms, demonic lyrics and interesting changes in musical patterns are special. Corpse painted Diamond is a sight to behold.

Original artwork on 1982 EP is quite shocking and worth the investment.
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