Mistaken Identity
by Kim Carnes

Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 8,974th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (146th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,287th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,974th)

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Overall rank: 8,974th | 1980s rank: 1,287th | 1981 rank: 146th

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Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 32 votes)
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02/15/2026 16:38 fabm0  Ratings distribution  6,85959/100
 
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04/18/2025 13:22 machiaj  Ratings distribution  79671/100
 
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01/21/2025 13:35 byuzak  Ratings distribution  3,23879/100
 
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07/26/2024 13:04 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  5,99871/100
 
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03/31/2024 10:39 Squonk007  Ratings distribution  74624/100

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70/100
From 09/24/2025 18:31 | #311043
Hearing the song Bette Davis Eyes drew me to purchasing this album. She has an unmistakable voice almost masculine like. Very solid album and her best album. Draw Of The Cards is a very good song.
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From 10/04/2022 03:48 | #290144
Her only hit album(No.26) contains her only hit "Bette Davis Eyes" which reached No.10 in the UK. Although Bette Davis Eyes was a classic, the rest of this album fails to live up to it and she never had another hit.
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80/100
From 08/08/2013 03:10 | #83492
For a #1 album (largely due to the mammoth success of Bette Davis Eyes) this album is pretty underrated. Almost nothing measures up to the classic lead track but as a whole you get a very solid album here and Kim has an unmistakable voice.
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
7. Dare by The Human League
8. Faith by The Cure
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Deceit by This Heat
11. Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
12. Youth Of America by Wipers
13. Ghost In The Machine by The Police
14. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
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17. Face Value by Phil Collins
18. Killers by Iron Maiden
19. Nightclubbing by Grace Jones
20. Movement by New Order
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