If I Were A Carpenter
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
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 |  Purplepash | Top 90 Music Albums of 1994 | 17/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Covers albums | 13/23 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 92 Music Albums of 1994 | 59/92 | 2 |
| 2026 | Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 46 Music Albums of 1994 | 44/46 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Charicature | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 5/100 | 85 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 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 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 104 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/08/2025 07:43 |  MadhattanJack | 6,029 | 66/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 20:57 | dihansse | 6,395 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2024 00:44 | mrmcrook | 1,137 | 77/100 |
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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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dihansse 11/04/2025 20:44 in My discoveries per yearIf I Were A Carpenter comments
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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 (Edited)
Charicature 11/19/2009 02:29 | #7242 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/30/2013 01:19 | #89753 | TOP COMMENT
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Clever reimagining of a pretty tame band. Good stuff.
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