The Trinity Session
by Cowboy Junkies
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The Trinity Session is ranked as the best album by Cowboy Junkies.
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The Trinity Session track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Trinity Session rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Dankel | Top 28 Music Albums of 1988 | 21/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 301-400 | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 44 Music Albums of 1988 | 10/44 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 59/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 245 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,066 | |||
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The Trinity Session ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/23/2026 15:07 | stareaterogni0n | 590 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 04:51 | brent13 | 2,226 | 66/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 18:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,163 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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The Trinity Session forum mentions
Liedzeit 07/22/2026 14:10 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2023 17:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2023The Trinity Session comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2016 14:45 | #171501 | TOP COMMENT
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Recorded with the band circled around a single microphone in Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, this album's intimacy and immediacy reflects the surroundings in which it was made. The result is a a languid, dreamy, haunting listening experience. The band's sound centers on the custard-smooth voice of Margo Timmins, but there is both great songwriting here and some excellent selections of covers. Their version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" is one of the best interpretations of that song, and Michael Timmins' "Postcard Blues" is one of the album's many highlights.
babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/19/2020 03:39 | #255806 | TOP COMMENT
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Arguably the first slowcore album, I love the blend of downcast indie rock and country. I kind of wish this is what all of that sad, classic country stuff sounded like. Everyone here is talking about the cover of "Sweet Jane," which is great but cuts out the best of Reed's cheeky lyrics, and no one is talking about the cover of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" which is very easily better than the original. (Edited)
Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2011 17:36 | #30033 | TOP COMMENT
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If you wonder what is the pace of life on heroin, here is the answer. This is just plain beautiful easy listening music with texts that are NOT about the most beautiful things life has to offer.
Morose, one paced alt country lp with a songstress with definite vocal range issues. A catatonic version of Sweet Jane bought them a considerable audience in North America bit I'm feeling somewhat dissapointed by this one.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/01/2012 20:57 | #36312 | TOP COMMENT
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Consistently-focused, this mellow offering is easily the standout album in the cowboy junkies catalog. i love their take on "blue moon".
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