Sleight Of Hand (studio album)
by Joan Armatrading
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Joan Armatrading bestography
Sleight Of Hand is ranked 16th best out of 29 albums by Joan Armatrading on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Joan Armatrading is Joan Armatrading which is ranked number 3818 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 380.
(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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Sleight Of Hand track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sleight Of Hand rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Brum Rocks | 82/93 | - |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums in June 2022 | 44/100 | - |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums April - June 2022 | 93/100 | - |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 45 Music Albums of 1986 | 14/45 | 4 |
| 1986 | WOXY.com | The 97 Best of 1986 | 46/95 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Sleight Of Hand ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/12/2025 06:19 | Tamthebam | 22,827 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2025 14:44 | cicadelic | 11,247 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2025 18:44 | Pluto11 | 11,725 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2023 05:02 | Moondance | 19,775 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2022 22:16 | dhbarrett | 8,106 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.1.
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Tamthebam 12/19/2020 12:05 | #262927
A slightly harder sounding Joan Armatrading dominates this her first self produced album. There are no acoustic guitar led tracks but she wanted to get away from that "folk" label that had followed her since 1975. Russian Roulette, Jesse & Angel Man stand out from the rest Reach Out also deserves a listen.
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