The Fall 
The best album credited to The Fall is This Nation's Saving Grace which is ranked number 899 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,951.
The Fall is ranked number 248 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 8,164.
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The Fall best albums
The following albums by The Fall are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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The Fall bestography composition
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1970s | 2 | 0% | |
1980s | 18 | 0% | |
1990s | 13 | 0% | |
2000s | 13 | 0% | |
2010s | 9 | 0% | |
2020s | 0 | 0% |
The Fall best tracks
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90/100 ![]() | 07/25/2024 08:47 | Banner | ![]() | 82/100 |
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80/100 ![]() | 09/22/2023 16:56 | Stevo796 | ![]() | 74/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 06/20/2023 17:50 | platus | ![]() | 72/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.3.
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They sound too much like Pavement.

huge amounts of material with almost no merit. still the greatest band ever.

So very sad to see this mad, sprawling and unequivocal music project come to an end. I don't know whether I like The Fall because 'like' doesn't seem to be the appropriate way to treat them. All I know is that I keep coming back to this band, over and over again.
Mark E. Smith's visionary ideas of music may not have been conventional, but they knew no bounds and never failed to enthrall, and will certainly keep me fascinated for years to come. And weirdly, they always just seemed to make sense, no matter how unusual the melodies were. He was always ahead of the curve. Always.
What an unbelievable loss. One of the most important people and certainly one of the most important bands in the history of modern music.
Same as comment below. You don't get any more uncompromising than Mark. E. Smith. He always went his own way. Music will never quite be the same. R.I.P. the legend that is Mark. E. Smith.
RIP Mark E. Smith - Legend, wordsmith and uncompromising genius. The backdrop has shifted and changed...
What John Peel meant was, They are always the same - Brilliant.
Great indie band that needs more love

I think that when Peel said that they're always the same, he was referring to the note that Mark E. Smith sings....

"Northern white crap that talks back..." Forget everything you know - no-one can spin a vitriolic yarn like MES. A true, true leg-end. Uh.

John Peel once saind that they´re always different, yet always the same... The most underrated band in the history of rock that's for sure...
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