Fly On The Wall
by AC/DC

Fly On The Wall by AC/DC
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 13,526th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
62/100 (from 152 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (160th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,856th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,526th)

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AC/DC bestography

Fly On The Wall is ranked 21st best out of 28 albums by AC/DC on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by AC/DC is Back In Black which is ranked number 136 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,958.

AC/DC album bestography « Higher ranked (12,365th)
Blow Up Your Video
This album (13,526th)
Fly On The Wall
Lower ranked (24,504th) »
Live At River Plate

(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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Fly On The Wall rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,526th | 1980s rank: 1,856th | 1985 rank: 160th

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Fly On The Wall ratings

Average Rating: 
62/100 (from 152 votes)
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02/06/2026 09:10 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,62978/100
 
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01/31/2026 03:11 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,04177/100
 
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12/06/2025 08:10 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,47277/100
 
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08/18/2025 00:53 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,14076/100
 
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05/12/2025 00:15 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.1/100, a mean average of 61.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.

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From 03/26/2021 13:09 | #267778
They should of packed it in after "Back in Black" as most of their subsequent albums sound all the same & many songs are just drivel.
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60/100
From 09/03/2020 21:45 | #257731
Very sad. This album is so formulaic it could of been written by a class of 12 year olds doing a project on song structure; every song is the same. Major decline on everything that came before. 'Sink the Pink' is the only saving grace. It's an album that if you're in the mood for AC/DC, you'll choose something else. This will live at the bottom of the pile.
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85/100
From 11/05/2018 04:49 | #223883
ACDC's most underrated post Back in Black album, I believe. Looking aside from the production, there are some damn good tracks on here. That being said, they aren't all great, but most of them are. Production does hold it back, though...
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20/100
From 07/13/2016 13:26 | #171212
AC/DC's worst album.
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15/100
From 04/26/2014 21:43 | #110163
the cover says it all.
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75/100
From 01/12/2014 01:50 | #100461
Tough songs mixed with a couple of bad ones and a murky production. Not a bad album, it could've been better
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60/100
From 07/23/2012 18:25 | #47098
What Bork said. AC/DC got lazy in the 80s.
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80/100
From 05/20/2012 14:42 | #42771
shake your foundations is the best song.
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65/100
From 05/24/2011 17:18 | #22212
This shouldn't be on a site discussing the greatest albums ever made. One strong single, then mostly filler.
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