Sleight Of Hand
by Joan Armatrading

Sleight Of Hand by Joan Armatrading
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 58,482nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 15 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (663rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (6,649th)
Award Best albums of all time (58,482nd)

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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 3851 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 377.

Joan Armatrading album bestography « Higher ranked (56,732nd)
Hearts And Flowers
This album (58,482nd)
Sleight Of Hand
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Sleight Of Hand

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Overall rank: 58,482nd | 1980s rank: 6,649th | 1986 rank: 663rd

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10/12/2025 06:19 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00169/100
 
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04/12/2025 14:44 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,00973/100
 
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01/07/2025 18:44 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,06372/100
 
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01/08/2023 05:02 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,10272/100
 
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07/23/2022 22:16 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,34465/100

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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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From 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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Best Albums of 1986
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
3. Graceland by Paul Simon
4. So by Peter Gabriel
5. Skylarking by XTC
6. The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
7. Reign In Blood by Slayer
8. Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
9. Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys
10. Black Celebration by Depeche Mode
11. Evol by Sonic Youth
12. Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
13. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? by Megadeth
14. Parade by Prince And The Revolution
15. Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden
16. Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
17. Invisible Touch by Genesis
18. Atomizer by Big Black
19. True Blue by Madonna
20. Your Funeral... My Trial by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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