Fear
by Toad The Wet Sprocket (US)
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Toad The Wet Sprocket (US) bestography
Fear is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Toad The Wet Sprocket (US) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Toad The Wet Sprocket (US) is Dulcinea which is ranked number 6613 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 200.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Fear track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fear rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ranger | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1990s | 57/60 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1991 | 82/86 | - |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 36 Music Albums of 1991 | 25/36 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 16/69 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 58 Music Albums of 1991 | 58/58 | 0 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0801-0900* | 16/76 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 22/99 | 4 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s, #101-200 | 38/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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Fear ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2025 14:30 |  Milhaud | 2,167 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2024 04:56 | slatsheit | 2,074 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2024 04:17 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Fear forum mentions
paladisiac 06/13/2017 14:10 in What album are you listening to right now?Fear comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/13/2017 14:25 | #192498
Toad's "Fear" is the kind of alternative rock that was brewing in the world that wasn't grunge back in '91. You remember those alt-rock days -- gin blossoms, b-52s, r.e.m., spin doctors... Exceptional songwriting flourishes throughout "fear". Glen Phillips brings susceptible lead vocals heading an underrated band and album.
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