Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
by XTC
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XTC bestography
Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 is ranked 19th best out of 30 albums by XTC on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by XTC is Skylarking which is ranked number 375 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,402.
(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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Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |  Goliath | Top 28 Music Albums of 1996 | 14/28 | 3 |
| 2020 |  Dankel | My Favourite Compilations | 23/38 | - |
| 2018 | Rich150 | A Chart of Compilations | 28/49 | - |
| 2018 | liveinacar | Top 65 Music Albums of the 1990s | 26/65 | 12 |
| 2015 |  OKC1 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1996 | 66/80 | 1 |
| 2010 |  bong6100 | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 34/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/27/2025 15:47 | DavideBerna | 1,885 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2024 01:48 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,661 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2024 05:53 | matterhornrider | 5,110 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2022 20:41 |  MadhattanJack | 5,985 | 66/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2020 12:36 |  Norman Bates | 10,131 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Goliath 11/05/2018 16:18 | #223916
Some great tracks on the first disc (4, 5, 6 and 14), not so great on the second disc (25 and 26) but still worthwhile.
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