Sleepwalker
by The Kinks
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Sleepwalker is ranked 12th 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 149 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,029.
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Sleepwalker track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sleepwalker rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1977 Pt 2 | 22/32 | - |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 42 Music Albums of 1977 | 15/42 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 68 Music Albums of 1977 | 36/68 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (66), #0201-0300* | 64/77 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 36 Music Albums of 1977 | 17/36 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 38 Music Albums of 1977 | 38/38 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 23 Music Albums of 1977 | 18/23 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 164 | |||
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Sleepwalker ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 08:37 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2026 12:39 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 03:43 | brent13 | 2,226 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Sleepwalker forum mentions
jackup 10/22/2022 15:13 in What album are you listening to right now? dihansse 07/04/2018 20:49 in My discoveries per yearSleepwalker comments
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Sleepwalker was the Kinks' first album for the Arista label. When released in 1977 it was also the first Kinks album for several years that did not have a strict concept. This was quite refreshing and probsably also a bit of a relief for the band.
At any rate it's a very inspired album and along with "State of Confusion" the strongest and most consistent Arista album. Davies' songwriting is varied and at his very best. Dave Davies? guitar-playing is terrific and it gives edge to the music. It's hard to bring out any specific tracks, because all are great. Personal favourites were always the classic Kinks-type of songs like "Full Moon" and "Stormy Sky", but Dave great guitar on "Mr Big Man" makes the song another favourite. A little Steve Miller inspiration on the title track??
Moreover the added bonus-tracks are also fine. Two decent B-sides "Artificial Light" ( sounds like a "Misfits" song ) and "Prince of the Punks" are fine for fans/completists, but the two outtakes are really great additions. "The Poseur" was originally thought to be the title-track, but it was eventually dropped with the change of the album title. Even more strange is it that they decided to leave out the outstanding "On the Outside", which would have been another highlight on the original album. Now it finally gets it's deserved release - classical Kinks!! A milestone in Kinks History! (Edited)
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