Misfits
by The Kinks

Misfits by The Kinks
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 9,139th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 104 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (139th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,354th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,139th)

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The Kinks bestography

Misfits is ranked 15th best out of 62 albums by The Kinks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Kinks is The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society which is ranked number 148 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,333.

The Kinks album bestography « Higher ranked (8,981st)
One For The Road
This album (9,139th)
Misfits
Lower ranked (9,372nd) »
Word Of Mouth

(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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Misfits rankings

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Overall rank: 9,139th | 1970s rank: 1,354th | 1978 rank: 139th

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Misfits ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 104 votes)
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01/18/2026 11:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79370/100
 
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04/02/2025 19:10 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,07072/100
 
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03/28/2025 06:00 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,10833/100

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From 11/01/2023 15:55 | #299736
I have never got the kinks under my skin.
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From 07/01/2021 07:40 | #271198
The best album of them after Muswell Hillbillies

Favorite songs: Misfits, A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy, In a Foreign Land
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From 07/08/2016 23:45 | #170917
One of the better 'latter day' Kinks albums. Ray Davies' songwriting is as strong as ever, and I do suspect that if this album was released during the band's classic period, misfits, just might be looked upon as one of their best albums. Very good.
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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Van Halen by Van Halen
6. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
7. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
8. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
9. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
10. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
11. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
12. Hemispheres by Rush
13. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
14. All Mod Cons by The Jam
15. 3rd by Big Star
16. Chairs Missing by Wire
17. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
18. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
19. Real Life by Magazine
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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