People Watching
by Sam Fender

People Watching by Sam Fender
Year: 2025
Release date: 2025-02-21
Overall rank: 5,116th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 99 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2025 (24th)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (309th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,116th)

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Sam Fender bestography

People Watching is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Sam Fender on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sam Fender is Seventeen Going Under which is ranked number 4341 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 326.

Sam Fender album bestography « Higher ranked (4,341st)
Seventeen Going Under
This album (5,116th)
People Watching
Lower ranked (9,041st) »
Hypersonic Missiles

(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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People Watching rankings

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Overall rank: 5,116th | 2020s rank: 309th | 2025 rank: 24th

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People Watching ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 99 votes)
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Rating:  
85/100
From 03/02/2026 14:17 | #313405
The new Bruce Springsteen from UK has abandoned the punk roots and has embraced a new shiny pop formula.
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10/100
From 04/16/2025 05:31 | #308532
Wish I connected with it the way others have but politics you agree with ≠ good art. I think this album is lame and boring, sorry
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Rating:  
60/100
From 04/05/2025 21:52 | #308345
L'artiste le plus proche dans le style de Bruce Springsteen que je connaisse.
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From 03/30/2025 01:27 | #308249
People saying he is the new Springsteen. I think he sounds more like a cross between Ryan Adams and Bleachers.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 02/25/2025 09:56 | #307769
Album Rating: 69.27
(762/11)

Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - People Watching

21.02.25

I've never really understood the fascination with Sam Fender other than he is under 30 and uses a guitar...and only one of those 'qualities' is still true.

He clearly resonates with many, as the moving comment below shows.

It's just a bit clean and North Shields Springsteen tribute act to me, as the lines between music as an art form and pop become ever more blurry.

1.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - People Watching 78
2.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Nostalgia's Lie 70
3.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Chin Up 68
4.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Wild Long Lie 68
5.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Arm's Length 67
6.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Crumbling Empire 75
7.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Little Bit Closer 68
8.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Rein Me In 65
9.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - TV Dinner 68
10.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Something Heavy 66
11.Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Remember My Name 69

Ranked in order:

* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - People Watching 78
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Crumbling Empire 75
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Nostalgia's Lie 70
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Remember My Name 69
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Little Bit Closer 68
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - TV Dinner 68
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Wild Long Lie 68
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Chin Up 68
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Arm's Length 67
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Something Heavy 66
* Sam Fender (PW - UK - Feb 25) - Rein Me In 65
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Rating:  
90/100
From 02/23/2025 19:35 | #307752
So many songs connect in a way that's unexpected for an artist that though aware of I hadn't fallen head over heels for before.

My grandpa is the greatest role model of man in my life. He used to live on the streets, trough construction work he managed to make a life for himself. He never learned to read or write (something far too common for his generation in my country) but married the love of his life. My grandma who was also homeless for a while.

This week he was put in an ICU.

Generational poverty and love for those around you are the two prongs of this record.

Im not from a crumbling empire and as Sam says I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in. However I can't help but understand him.

Call me convinced by his pen, or a glazer but this man can write powerful catchy tunes that will be played for the rest of my life in my home. Hopefully I will have my grandpa with me for longer and these songs will not ring as relatable in the future.

Sorry for getting personal
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Rating:  
90/100
From 02/21/2025 21:42 | #307718
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