Caution
by Mariah Carey
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Mariah Carey bestography
Caution is ranked 7th best out of 23 albums by Mariah Carey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mariah Carey is Butterfly which is ranked number 2672 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 592.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Caution track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Caution rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 30 Music Albums of 2018 | 15/30 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | B-Sides & Badlands 30 Best Albums of 2018 | 1/30 | - |
| 2025 | jtrizzle35 | Top 24 Music Albums of 2018 | 18/24 | 1 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 10 | 43/100 | - |
| 2023 |  VasileTurcut | Top 20 Best Mariah Carey Albums | 6/20 | - |
| 2022 | ASOARE | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | VasileTurcut | Top 40 Music Albums of 2018 | 8/40 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 32 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 121 | |||
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Caution ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/12/2026 18:51 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2026 15:42 | TonySayers61 | 25,725 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 17:05 | EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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neilgee 07/13/2026 18:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) baystateoftheart 12/13/2018 17:47 in What album are you listening to right now?Caution comments
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ilovelctr 12/22/2019 10:33 | #245879 | TOP COMMENT
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In fact I personally find this album a surprisingly good hit.
Deliberately or not, Mariah Carey has rid of the melodramatic quality in her vocal performance, which I find very pleasing as it's sounding genuinely sincere. With that level of performance, the last song, Portrait, proves to be a blast tinkered with her chrisma; it's among the best ballads I've heard in years.
If it weren't for the rockism that permeates the community, perhaps this would have been as highly regarded as Justin Timberlake's best works.
VictorVale 04/09/2019 20:26 | #234698
Mariah volta segura, com composições fantásticas e brincando com seus múltiplos tons!
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