Session Man (track)
by The Kinks
Session Man appears on the following album(s) by The Kinks:
- Face To Face (track #5) (this album) (1966)
- Picture Book (track #42) (compilation) (2008)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/17/2026 14:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,213 | 100/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2026 15:19 | Siromynian | 19,267 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 08:11 |  Liedzeit | 10,958 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 9% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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slatsheit 11/12/2024 04:58 | #305995
Why the heck is this so lowly-rated among Kinks' tracks? Oh well. To me, that blizzarding, overdriven guitar sound is one of the best of the entire decade. Love it. It's like the guitar on The Beatles' "Every Little Thing," but with more grit and distortion. So full, so wonderful. Plus I love the climbing chord progression (as they're singing, "A chord progress-she-ann"), and the great harpsichord noodling provided by Nicky Hopkins - on a song which is about him. Face to Face is just outside of my top 100 of all time, and this track is my favorite on the album. (Edited)
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