Carrie & Lowell Live
by Sufjan Stevens
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Sufjan Stevens bestography
Carrie & Lowell Live is ranked 10th best out of 34 albums by Sufjan Stevens on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sufjan Stevens is Illinois which is ranked number 43 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,143.
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Carrie & Lowell Live track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Carrie & Lowell Live rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 21 Music Albums of 2017 | 7/21 | 4 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2017 | 1/20 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2017 | 60/95 | 2 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | L10Y - Last 10 Years fav albums | 95/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 51 Music Albums of 2017 | 6/51 | 5 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 14 Music Albums of 2017 | 5/14 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 11/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 261 | |||
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Carrie & Lowell Live ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 02:13 | smithc4jc | 84 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 03:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2025 21:15 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.0/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Carrie & Lowell Live forum mentions
NowhereMan 02/05/2019 21:47 in What album are you listening to right now?
Purplepash 01/19/2019 10:41 in You must listen to the album below you.
baystateoftheart 09/06/2018 03:13 in 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #15 v. #32Carrie & Lowell Live comments
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corenfro TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/18/2017 19:43 | #192858 | TOP COMMENT
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Yes believe all the hype. I can't even listen to the studio version anymore. He's past the grieving phase and into acceptance. The songs have blossom on the live stage with the extra ornamentation of the other musicians. The synths are a great addition. I think this might be the best Sufjan album given that C&L was just too minimalistic and depressing to put it over Illinois - this fixes all my qualms w/ the album version and it has all of the gutwrenching sorrow (4th of July) but Stevens seems to be more at peace which makes for a lot less painful of a listen. (Edited)
Vatsal TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/03/2017 10:42 | #191902 | TOP COMMENT
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It sounds like a version of Carrie and Lowell removed from the post death depression.. and it. Is. Spectacular.
The same gut wrenching sorrow, but with a much larger sound. I am SO impressed. (Edited)
Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2017 20:29 | #190408 | TOP COMMENT
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The Expectations were surpassed, believe the hype kids, Sufjan allows Carrie & Lowell to bloom in various possible ways, a tree that has dozens different types of flowers from roses to violets. (Edited)
luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2017 19:06 | #190402 | TOP COMMENT
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Wow, Futile Devices is much better than studio version, And I thought that was imposible... (Edited)
Speechless. AOTY.
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