The Walking
by Jane Siberry

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The Walking by Jane Siberry
Year: 1987
Release date: 1987-11-03
Overall rank: 8,017th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 45 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (102nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,131st)
Award Best albums of all time (8,017th)

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Jane Siberry bestography

The Walking is ranked as the best album by Jane Siberry.

Jane Siberry album bestography « Higher ranked
- This album (8,017th)
The Walking Lower ranked (8,448th) »
When I Was A Boy

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The Walking rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,017th | 1980s rank: 1,131st | 1987 rank: 102nd  Overall chart history
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The Walking ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 45 votes)
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 !		5 hours ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,74770/100
 
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 !		07/03/2026 14:53 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,74069/100
 
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 !		09/20/2025 10:17 sssvnnn  Ratings distribution  8,50667/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.


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The Walking forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5479): By Rhyner
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by Rhyner () 1. by (1988) 2. by (1983) 3. by (1986) 5. (1984) 6. by (1985) 7. by (1980) 8. by (1986) 9. (1989) 11. by (1985) 12. (1980) 13. by (1985) 14. by (1989) 15. (1986) 16. by (1982) 17. by (1984) 18. by (1988) 19. by (1988) 20.…”
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From Mercury 01/14/2021 02:10 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!
“This is a really beautiful, dreamy, richly detailed art pop album with some really touching vocals and some really solid songwriting. The songs are winding roads with often-times several distinct parts and really well-executed builds. The songs are always melodic and grounded in a nice core-melody.…”
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From Mercury 01/13/2021 22:49 in What album are you listening to right now?
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From 06/30/2009 13:27 | #4992 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Although Jane Siberry (now Issa) has faded from my playlist, she had a great impact on me in the 1980's. Although No Borders and The Speckless Sky were heavily produced, there was still so much melody, lyrical content, and Jane's marvelous voice shining through. The Walking had some great material, too. I had the great fortune to see JS perform at the old 9:30 Club in Washington, DC during the tour for The Walking. I can honestly say that it was the best show I've ever seen. It was one of those rare marriages between excellent material, a tight band, a GOOD sound system not over-amped, (don't get me started about crappy sound and deaf sound technicians!)great musicians, and harmony vocalists who augmented JS's magnificent voice. What a night!
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From 02/15/2018 01:49 | #208246 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Jane Siberry is a one off artist. This is her best album. Often quirky but incredibly creative.
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From 12/31/2019 14:12 | #246211
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