The Crossing
by Big Country
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The Crossing is ranked as the best album by Big Country.
(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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The Crossing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Crossing rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1983 | 33/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | panapsal | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 84/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1501-1600 | 74/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 18/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 1983 | 28/77 | 3 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1983 | 10/33 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 139 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 591 | |||
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The Crossing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/23/2026 12:07 | cicadelic | 14,038 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2026 09:29 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 06:06 | culwin | 1,596 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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The Crossing forum mentions
neilgee 12/24/2025 18:26 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
CharlieBarley 06/26/2024 19:47 in Working My Way Through The BEA Overall Chart
pedro1976 06/06/2024 11:26 in What album are you listening to right now?The Crossing comments
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Secondsoul 12/14/2012 18:06 | #57908 | TOP COMMENT
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I bought this album in 1983. Consistently good, great guitars. Still sounds good today!
Love this album, a standout album from my least favorite decade of music, good from beginning to end and doesn't show it's age compared to other 80's albums.
My favourite album of all time....... ever. Bought this when at college in the 80's, still play it regularly and it still rocks out with the best.
Knew this album from release - led into it by my big sister. The guitar sounds and interchange between them is pretty unique. There is sometimes a simplicity to the playing with clean crisp notes played, sometimes it also has a feel of bagpipes! But love this album, particularly tracks The Storm, Lost Patrol, Porroh Man and Angle Park in addition to the more familiar singles.
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