Carrie & Lowell
by Sufjan Stevens
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Sufjan Stevens bestography
Carrie & Lowell is ranked 2nd 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 19,780.
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Carrie & Lowell track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 88 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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| 3 days ago | golrab67 | 173 | 91/100 | |
| 05/06/2026 23:05 | brokenpop | 155 | 81/100 | |
| 04/29/2026 00:53 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 269 | 77/100 | |
| 04/28/2026 20:00 |  Leonard | 6,588 | 70/100 | |
| 04/10/2026 03:23 | RetoK | 102 | 76/100 |
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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 85.8/100, a mean average of 84.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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The most softly heartbreaking album I've ever heard
This album is so heartbreaking and is also easily top 10 cmon.
His best album. In the top 2 most emotionally charged albums of all time, alongside Hospice by the Antlers.
nextorgd 08/06/2025 21:42 | #310427
Excelent album!
The melody of most of this album was pretty challenging for me to connect to hook up onto.
I personally prefer Illinois a lot more
There is no doubt about it. This is a beautiful and deeply poignant album, and it has a sound all its own. I had to stop listening to it at some point, though, simply because it became so ubiquitous in films and tv programmes. It came to serve as a kind of shorthand for grief and melancholy, and for me that stripped it of some of its power.
Es uno de los álbumes más consistentes que he escuchado en mi vida, debido a que cada una de las canciones están tan perfectamente integradas, que es imposible saltarse alguna. Desde luego que tengo mis favoritas como "Death with Dignity", "Should Have Kknow Better", "Fourt of July", "The Only Thing" y "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross" pero todas las canciones aquí son tan profundas, introspectivas, deprimentes pero a la vez muy tranquilas y hermosas, que simplemente es un álbum perfecto, y probablemente mi favorito de Sufjan Stevens.
arturguerra 06/21/2023 11:35 | #297704
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Emotional, heartfelt and deeply personal. It's amazing how detailed everything is while still feeling completely universal.
This is a lovely, tender, record. In terms of songwriting its not very impressive at all, but its competent, and lyrically its very good.
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