The Trinity Session
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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/23/2026 15:07 | stareaterogni0n | 559 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 04:51 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 18:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,499 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 16:37 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 18:57 |  Dingerbell | 4,131 | 62/100 |
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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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Easily the best version of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. The opening track is just as haunting, gorgeous album overall. (Edited)
Jboy56 02/19/2022 14:35 | #281531
A fine and very deeply cut music performed soulfully,
jwammo12 09/22/2021 17:18 | #274062
Great example of how a single mic can catch magic in the room in a way that polished production often can't.
babyBlueSedan 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)
jeremy9 11/27/2019 07:36 | #245219
A toned, inspired and beautiful album
Mind blowing when it was released because there just wasn't anything like it out there. No frills, just beautiful vocals backed by an excellent band. Their version of "Sweet Jane" is amazing.
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.
buzzdainer 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.
A hauntingly beautiful album, full of superb intimate tracks, including a lovely take on Lou Reed's, sweet Jane. Good record.
RoundTheBend 04/15/2016 22:13 | #163883
Damn is this a good solid album.
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