The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall
by The Fall

The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall by The Fall
Year: 1984
Release date: 1984-10-08
Overall rank: 4,567th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 93 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (652nd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,567th)

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The Fall bestography

The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall is ranked 7th 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 928 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,894.

The Fall album bestography « Higher ranked (4,543rd)
Bend Sinister
This album (4,567th)
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall
Lower ranked (4,601st) »
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The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,567th | 1980s rank: 652nd | 1984 rank: 69th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 74 Music Albums of 198430/743
2026spewventuriTop 91 Music Albums of the 1980s18/9116
2026LittleM1971Top 91 Music Albums of 198420/914
2026Steppenwolf666Top 99 Music Albums of 198411/994
2026saltysurpriseTop 53 Music Albums of 198451/530
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198450/1003
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 1001-110090/100 -
2026 MadhattanJackTop 77 Music Albums of 198429/773
2026 Patman360Top 95 Music Albums of 19846/955
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198418/1004
2026 RepoTop 90 Music Albums of 198469/901
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1984 by Ultimate Record Collection37/46 -
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of 198444/1003
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s47/10011
2025daCriticGreatest Punk Albums89/100 -
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198422/1004
2025daCriticTop 29 Music Albums of 198423/291
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 198441/501
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1984 by Acclaimed Music32/54 -
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198435/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 84
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 312
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 93 votes)
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75/100
 
03/17/2026 04:48 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
70/100
 
12/07/2025 18:37 willtoshower  Ratings distribution  1,54372/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:29 1977Podcast  Ratings distribution  6686/100
 
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09/13/2025 18:01 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,48773/100
 
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06/04/2025 14:18 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,43869/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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From 06/20/2024 09:55 | #304021
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From 09/30/2016 18:18 | #176088
3rd highest rated... 9th highest ranked... same era as the 2 highest ranked which are also the 2 highest rated.... hmmm.... explanation: if you have a fall record in your charts it's either hex enduction or this nation's saving grace, and there just isn't enough room for more records by the fall. or isn't that the explanation?
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From 06/22/2016 10:43 | #169420
Great album, quite a softer and more melodic approach than anything previous the Fall had done at this point.

Looking at the track listing now, I think it makes for a better collection with the various b-sides like No Bulbs and Draygo's Guilt included. Still, for me, the best two tracks are Disney's Dream Debased and Lay Of The Land.
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