New Beginning
by Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman bestography
New Beginning is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Tracy Chapman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tracy Chapman is Tracy Chapman which is ranked number 415 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,957.
(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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New Beginning track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
New Beginning 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 |  ERadio | Top 51 Music Albums of 1995 | 51/51 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 79 Music Albums of 1995 | 13/79 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1995 | 20/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 87 Music Albums of 1995 | 48/87 | 2 |
| 2026 | Kevinthomaskevin | Top 38 Greatest Music Albums | 36/38 | 8 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1995 | 19/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 3 | 11/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 126 | |||
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New Beginning ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/06/2026 05:53 | covecove | 6,708 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 17:22 |  junodog4 | 3,010 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 02:14 | matterhornrider | 5,174 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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New Beginning forum mentions
Liedzeit 02/01/2026 09:50 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 05/25/2024 14:38 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 01/23/2022 20:45 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Ropin' The WindNew Beginning comments
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As always, great to listen to Tracy Chapman. It is not a masterpiece, but sometimes I like to listen to quiet music :)
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