Northern Lights - Southern Cross
by The Band
eBay
Condition: New
eBay
Condition: Used
eBay
Condition: Brand New
The Band bestography
Northern Lights - Southern Cross is ranked 5th best out of 19 albums by The Band on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Band is The Band which is ranked number 256 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,226.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Northern Lights - Southern Cross on YouTube
Northern Lights - Southern Cross track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Northern Lights - Southern Cross rankings
O.T.
Patman360
paladisiac
imacgill
zags7000
RepoNorthern Lights - Southern Cross collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 58 members
Northern Lights - Southern Cross ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 124 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/13/2026 14:19 | spinout | 3,450 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 18:37 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 11:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 13,992 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2025 17:37 | Proto | 4,169 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 10:10 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,396 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
Northern Lights - Southern Cross favourites
Showing all 9 members who have added this album as a favourite
Northern Lights - Southern Cross comments
Showing all 9 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Jboy56 07/17/2023 12:12 | #298179
Excellnt
Very solid album that shows off The Band's full instrumental and vocal capabilities; feels a lot fuller sounding than some of the older folkier stuff. A little bit up and down, but the highs are quite high—Ophelia is a great, fun song that stays in your head forever, It Makes No Difference is beautiful with its sad lyrics and sax, and Acadian Driftwood might be the single best song The Band ever did.
Great album.
A well underrated record. Music from Big pink and the self titled album quite rightly get the recognition they deserve but, Northern lights-Southern cross, like, Stage fright, is an excellent record. Forbidden fruit, Acadian driftwood, and especially, It makes no difference, are as good as anything on their first two albums. Having said that, this is probably The Band's last top quality album. It's not quite as consistently brilliant as those first two albums but it's still very good.
This is a way underrated record by The Band. A return of form of sorts the production and choice of material is top notch.
a return to form after the previous 2 records
It's hard to pick a favorite Band album, but "It Makes No Difference" is one of my all time favorite songs
junodog4 07/30/2012 23:09 | #47488 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
You could tell they were returning to their roots... This is more earthy and raw. This got a tonne of airplay in Canada, because it seems like the most Canadian of the Band's releases. Excellent. Just shy of The Band and Big Pink.
ffudnebbuh 09/11/2010 21:41 | #6275 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is such a fantastic album that I imagine the only reason why it isn't on more people's favorite charts is because it received no airplay. "Acadian Driftwood" is, IMO, the all time greatest track. Garth Hudson's keyboard flourishes add a whole other dimension that really define this album...probably more so than on the other Band albums. This song is a spiritual experience, one of the ones you have to check out before you die.
Your feedback for Northern Lights - Southern Cross
The top comments are featured on our aggregated charts!
