Step Across The Border
by Fred Frith
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Fred Frith bestography
Step Across The Border is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Fred Frith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fred Frith is Guitar Solos which is ranked number 14717 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 79.
(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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Step Across The Border track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (16 out of 26 tracks have been rated).
Step Across The Border 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 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1990 | 2/80 | 5 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1990 | 21/41 | 3 |
| 2025 | sssvnnn | underrated besteveralbums you should know | 4/99 | - |
| 2025 | sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2024 | sssvnnn | The Noise Of Trouble | 13/100 | - |
| 2024 | sssvnnn | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 39 |
| 2023 |  Applerill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 1990 | 66/99 | 2 |
| 2020 | sssvnnn | just the jazz albums I like best | 18/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 73 | |||
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Step Across The Border ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/22/2024 12:38 | TonySayers61 | 25,746 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2020 14:01 | zeb81 | 188 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2018 18:08 | Helios | 6,259 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.2/100, 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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Step Across The Border forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5378): By sssvnnnStep Across The Border comments
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