Perverted By Language
by The Fall
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The Fall bestography
Perverted By Language is ranked 4th best out of 55 albums by The Fall on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Fall is This Nation's Saving Grace which is ranked number 948 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,838.
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Perverted By Language track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Perverted By Language rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 72 Music Albums of 1983 | 32/72 | 3 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 49 Music Albums of 1983 | 39/49 | 1 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 30 Music Albums of 1983 | 29/30 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1983 by Ultimate Record Collector | 16/34 | - |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 14/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | panapsal | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 15/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 12/99 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 106 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 475 | |||
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Perverted By Language ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 19:28 |  RasmV | 2,602 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 14:31 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 23:14 | LittleM1971 | 6,001 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Forum mentions
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slshrdanclshr 05/11/2019 17:37 | #236144 | TOP COMMENT
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even without the extraordinarily excellent tracks added for the cd, this is just about the best fall album.
A little more gentle on the ear than the fire and brimstone of Hex, Brix's influence can be heard throughout adding a melodic touch to the preceedings. Garden is a particular favourite here, lyrically it baffles and impresses in equal measure like all the great Fall tracks.
'His veiled sex seeps through his management sloth' - there's also some great lines like this delivered in Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot which also gives us two songs for the price of one.
lancashirearab 04/22/2012 19:06 | #40668 | TOP COMMENT
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Another great Rough Trade album.
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