Elemental
by Tears For Fears
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Tears For Fears bestography
Elemental is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Tears For Fears on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tears For Fears is Songs From The Big Chair which is ranked number 316 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,218.
(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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Elemental track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Elemental rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | joathome | Top 67 Music Albums of 1993 | 15/67 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1993 | 3/33 | 5 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 75 Music Albums of 1993 | 48/75 | 2 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 70/100 | 29 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 78 Music Albums of 1993 | 59/78 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (63), #0201-0300 | 6/100 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s 65rating (64-63.5), #001-100* | 90/93 | - |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 55/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 142 | |||
Elemental collection
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Elemental ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 21:08 | Liks_on_music | 679 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2026 22:07 | TheHutts | 2,107 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2026 15:19 | cicadelic | 14,144 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Elemental forum mentions
UofTBlues 01/07/2020 20:51 in What album are you listening to right now?Elemental comments
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Eastwood 01/29/2015 21:02 | #133035 | TOP COMMENT
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Good new wave/pop rock/indie rock album. Best 10 songs average is 79,7/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Best songs are "Cold" and "Break it down again" both 85/100, followed by "Fish out of water" and "Goodnight song" both 80/100. All other songs average 70-75/100.
Tears for Fears didn't break up as much as they disappeared up their own butts. This album and Roland Orzabal's competing album Raoul and the Kings of Spain prove it.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/05/2014 03:23 | #128750 | TOP COMMENT
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Not quite at the level of their earlier gems.
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