If I Were A Carpenter (studio album)
by Various Artists
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If I Were A Carpenter track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
If I Were A Carpenter rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Charicature | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 5/100 | 92 |
| 2025 |  Purplepash | Top 86 Music Albums of 1994 | 17/86 | 4 |
| 2025 | mrmcrook | Top 45 Music Albums of 1994 | 43/45 | 0 |
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 92 Music Albums of 1994 | 59/92 | 2 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Covers albums | 12/16 | - |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Covers Albums or Tribute albums | 46/100 | - |
| 2022 |  Mercury | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 63/71 | 1 |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Compilations (Various Artists albums) | 64/68 | - |
| 2020 | dihansse | Best Covers albums | 3/14 | - |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | 90s ...101-200 | 31/100 | - |
| 2018 | bobbyb5 | Top 42 Music Albums of 1994 | 27/42 | 2 |
| 2017 |  NoeSSS | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | NoeSSS | Top 52 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/52 | 7 |
| 2015 | Error Finn | Artists in Various Positions | 17/20 | - |
| 2013 |  ~SMiLE~ | Top 35 Music Albums of 1994 | 34/35 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 113 | |||
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If I Were A Carpenter ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/08/2025 07:43 |  MadhattanJack | 5,398 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 20:57 | dihansse | 6,222 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2024 00:44 | mrmcrook | 997 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2024 20:51 | RemainInLight | 3,152 | 36/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2023 01:07 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,500 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Tribute albums are always interesting as most of the time it's hard to top the original version of an iconic band This is similar to others. Half do well with there take on the songs. The other half don't quite butcher, but don't add anything new. For me, Babes in Toyland & Sheryl Crow do the best jobs
junodog4 10/30/2013 01:19 | #89753
Clever reimagining of a pretty tame band. Good stuff.
Charicature 11/19/2009 02:29 | #7242
The only tribute album I can think of where (with the exception of the Shonen Knife track) every song is solidly performed in its own right and easily better than the original. It may seem unusual to have it as a "best all time", but it really is a great album.
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