Passage
by Carpenters
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Passage is ranked 5th best out of 26 albums by Carpenters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carpenters is Close To You which is ranked number 5683 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 241.
(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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Passage track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 12:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 12:27 |  Tamthebam | 23,188 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2024 01:20 |  teague | 4,364 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2023 17:27 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2023 23:51 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.6/100, a mean average of 62.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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I can't disagree with another comment made on here, Karen Carpenter had possibly the best female vocal voice ever recorded in popular music history. Her life was such a tradgety, in listening to superb work like this, it hard to understand the inner mental turmoil in her short life. 'Calling Occupants...' has to be one of the top three Carpenters tracks in my opinion. (Edited)
Classic music from a classy group. This album is a bit more adventurous than their other material. Makes you wonder? (Edited)
Listmeister 04/15/2014 02:41 | #109271
I've been listening to pop music for some 35 years, and I've sought out stuff clear back to the beginning of recorded music. Karen Carpenter has the best voice I've ever heard. This album, which I picked up because it had three of my favorite carpenter songs (All You Get From Love is a Love Song, Sweet Sweet Smile, and Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft). Two songs I had not heard before, Men Smart Women Smarter, and Don't Cry For Me Argentina, completely blew me away. The latter is far better than the Madonna version or any other version that I've heard.
This album, Karen's voice, it's just so beautiful it makes you grateful to the Good Lord for giving you ears. (Edited)
Their most ambitious work and while it lacks any big ticket hits for them, may be their most consistent album start to finish. (Edited)
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