Perverted By Language
by The Fall

Perverted By Language by The Fall
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-12-12
Overall rank: 3,134th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 122 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (469th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,134th)

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The Fall bestography

Perverted By Language is ranked 3rd 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 912 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,901.

The Fall album bestography « Higher ranked (1,175th)
Hex Enduction Hour
This album (3,134th)
Perverted By Language
Lower ranked (3,498th) »
Live At The Witch Trials

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Perverted By Language rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,134th | 1980s rank: 469th | 1983 rank: 41st
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2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198311/1005
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1983 by Ultimate Record Collector16/34 -
2026LittleM1971Top 85 Music Albums of 198345/852
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198358/1002
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198385/1001
2026 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 198320/503
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198394/1000
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198312/1004
2026 Patman360Top 90 Music Albums of 19839/905
2026 JMGL95Top 32 Music Albums of 198329/321
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198374/1001
2026Exist-en-cielTop 67 Music Albums of 198311/674
2026spewventuriTop 91 Music Albums of the 1980s12/9118
2025 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198338/1003
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 198310/1005
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198378/1001
2025JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198320/1004
2025xhitmanxTop 30 Music Albums of 198328/301
2025mikepenTop 99 Music Albums of 198358/992
2025JohnnyoIndie albums of the year 1983 by Radio X25/25 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 105
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 482
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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 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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From 05/11/2019 17:37 | #236144
even without the extraordinarily excellent tracks added for the cd, this is just about the best fall album.
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From 06/17/2016 10:26 | #168957
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.
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From 04/22/2012 19:06 | #40668
Another great Rough Trade album.
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