Borderline (studio album)
by Ry Cooder

Borderline by Ry Cooder
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 15,661st   
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 33 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (218th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,132nd)
Award Best albums of all time (15,661st)

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Ry Cooder bestography

Borderline is ranked 9th best out of 37 albums by Ry Cooder on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ry Cooder is Paris, Texas which is ranked number 5909 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 223.

Ry Cooder album bestography « Higher ranked (13,317th)
Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
This album (15,661st)
Borderline
Lower ranked (16,733rd) »
The Prodigal Son

(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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Borderline track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Borderline rankings

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Overall rank: 15,661st | 1980s rank: 2,132nd | 1980 rank: 218th

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 33 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.4/100, a mean average of 64.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.8.

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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
5. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
6. Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel
7. The River by Bruce Springsteen
8. Permanent Waves by Rush
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