Crossroads
by Tracy Chapman

Crossroads by Tracy Chapman
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 4,862nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 94 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (66th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (718th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,862nd)

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Tracy Chapman bestography

Crossroads is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Tracy Chapman on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tracy Chapman is Tracy Chapman which is ranked number 413 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,037.

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Overall rank: 4,862nd | 1980s rank: 718th | 1989 rank: 66th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 94 votes)
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02/18/2026 02:16 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,95681/100
 
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11/28/2025 19:44 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 11/22/2015 15:54 | #153290
Not as good as her debut but a good album nonetheless. The best tracks are the first 2 and the last 2. Be Careful Of My Heart & Subcity are the next best. The only track I would skip is Material World the rest of the album is good.
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