Northern Lights - Southern Cross
by The Band
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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 257 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,180.
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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).
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Northern Lights - Southern Cross rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1975 | 9/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 60 Music Albums of 1975 | 52/60 | 1 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1975 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1975 | 49/50 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 41 Music Albums of 1975 | 4/41 | 5 |
| 2026 | O.T. | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1901-2000* | 34/80 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 39 Music Albums of 1975 | 27/39 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 49 Music Albums of 1975 | 43/49 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 76 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 329 | |||
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Northern Lights - Southern Cross ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/13/2026 14:19 | spinout | 3,489 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 18:37 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 11:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,549 | 70/100 |
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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.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5394): By O.T.
pedro1976 10/17/2024 16:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Northern Lights - Southern Cross comments
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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.
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