Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
by XTC

Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 by XTC
(Compilation album)
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-09-09
Overall rank: 45,187th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (742nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (6,776th)
Award Best albums of all time (45,187th)

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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 373 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,426.

XTC album bestography « Higher ranked (41,828th)
The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-85
This album (45,187th)
Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92
Lower ranked (59,779th) »
BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert

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Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 track list

  Track ratings 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

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 45,187th | 1990s rank: 6,776th | 1996 rank: 742nd

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Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 32 votes)
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85/100
 
06/27/2025 15:47 DavideBerna  Ratings distribution  1,88574/100
 
90/100
 
08/26/2024 01:48 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,43274/100
 
85/100
 
06/06/2024 05:53 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,07881/100
 
90/100
 
06/28/2022 20:41 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,89366/100
 
90/100
 
07/10/2020 12:36 Norman Bates  Ratings distribution  10,11575/100

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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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85/100
From 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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