The Crossing (studio album)
by Big Country
Big Country bestography
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 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/12/2025 23:25 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2025 00:00 |  MadhattanJack | 5,235 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2025 07:53 |  jeremy9 | 3,577 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 17:05 | Johnnyo | 9,588 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 14:01 | nsanto | 75 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Favourite track: In a Big Country
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.
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.
timtooky 04/07/2014 14:20 | #108741
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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.
Secondsoul 12/14/2012 18:06 | #57908
I bought this album in 1983. Consistently good, great guitars. Still sounds good today!
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