The North Borders
by Bonobo
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Bonobo bestography
The North Borders is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Bonobo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bonobo is Black Sands which is ranked number 3322 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 457.
(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 North Borders track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The North Borders rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | hhv-mag.com 2013 – Die 50 Alben des Jahres | 6/48 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 94 Music Albums of 2013 | 74/94 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! TOP 10 DANCE & ELECTRONIC 2013 | 4/10 | - |
| 2025 |  guzguzgarbit | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 93/100 | 7 |
| 2025 |  ssteve | Top 59 Music Albums of 2013 | 23/59 | 3 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  kadupheming | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 57/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 113 | |||
The North Borders collection
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The North Borders ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/18/2024 03:26 | juanr1096 | 6,314 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2024 18:30 | Hyggevinyl | 4,468 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2024 22:23 | asimpkins | 3,184 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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The North Borders forum mentions
ButterThumbz 12/16/2013 20:34 in What album are you listening to right now? ButterThumbz 11/13/2013 18:39 in ##### Best Album of 2013 #####The North Borders comments
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ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/12/2018 04:43 | #220956
Really really good! But not as good as Black Sands.
A decent album that I would describe as Chillwave or Dreampop. There are no songs that stand out but this is an album site and I find the album cohesive
Yet another pleasant album from Mr Green
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