The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall
by The Fall
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The Fall bestography
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall is ranked 8th 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 950 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,832.
(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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The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall 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 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 76 Music Albums of 1984 | 32/76 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 43/98 | 3 |
| 2026 | spewventuri | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1980s | 18/91 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1984 | 22/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 95 Music Albums of 1984 | 6/95 | 5 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 99 Music Albums of 1984 | 57/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 45/98 | 3 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 52 Music Albums of 1984 | 50/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 18/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 302 | |||
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The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 10:30 |  RasmV | 2,616 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2026 05:54 | Proto | 4,365 | 33/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 04:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,259 | 70/100 |
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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 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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imacgill 09/24/2022 00:17 in Song ChronicleThe Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall comments
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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?
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.
Jboy56
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