Before We Were Born (studio album)
by Bill Frisell
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Bill Frisell bestography
Before We Were Born is ranked 5th best out of 36 albums by Bill Frisell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Frisell is Have A Little Faith which is ranked number 11695 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 99.
(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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Before We Were Born track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Before We Were Born rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 81 Music Albums of 1989 | 50/81 | 2 |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 86 Music Albums of 1989 | 29/86 | 3 |
| 2025 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 92/99 | 2 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 39 Music Albums of 1989 | 38/39 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2021 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite Jazz Albums ~ Part One | 35/100 | - |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 40 Music Albums of 1989 | 1/40 | 5 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Bill Frisell Albums Ranked | 15/30 | - |
| 2019 |  AfterHours | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2018 |  briggs54 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2018 | NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1989... #201-300 | 17/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Jazz of the 1980s | 32/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1501-1600 | 2/100 | - |
| 2016 | rkm | 100 Jazz Guitar Albums 1967-2009 | 32/100 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | Musicians: Guitar | 62/85 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | Avant-Garde | 42/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 53 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/06/2025 00:41 | Skerns | 5,059 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 00:47 |  Kingturtle | 7,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2024 18:34 | TonySayers61 | 23,174 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2019 18:40 | kevinrob4 | 3,541 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2018 04:55 | arthurbittencour | 647 | 82/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
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