Carrie & Lowell
by Sufjan Stevens

Album
Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-03-30
Overall rank: 69th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 1,498 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2015 (2nd)
Award Top 10 albums of of the 2010s (5th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (69th)

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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 19,092.

Sufjan Stevens album bestography « Higher ranked (43rd)
Illinois This album (69th)
Carrie & Lowell Lower ranked (388th) »
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Carrie & Lowell track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 88 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Death With Dignity
Average Rating: 92 (507 votes)Comments: View 6
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Should Have Known Better
Average Rating: 92 (500 votes)Comments: View 6
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All Of Me Wants All Of You
Average Rating: 87 (383 votes)Comments: View 2
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Drawn To The Blood
Average Rating: 85 (365 votes)Comments: View 3
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Fourth Of July
Average Rating: 92 (525 votes)Comments: View 14
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The Only Thing
Average Rating: 89 (394 votes)Comments: View 5
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Carrie & Lowell
Average Rating: 85 (362 votes)Comments: View 5
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Eugene
Average Rating: 85 (355 votes)Comments: View 2
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John My Beloved
Average Rating: 86 (350 votes)Comments: View 3
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No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross
Average Rating: 90 (402 votes)Comments: View 2
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Blue Bucket Of Gold
Average Rating: 85 (344 votes)Comments: View 4

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Carrie & Lowell rankings

Carrie & Lowell rankings summary
Overall rank: 69th | 2010s rank: 5th | 2015 rank: 2nd  Overall chart history
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Carrie & Lowell ratings

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86/100 (from 1,498 votes)
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 !		5 days ago Mafedere  Ratings distribution  79574/100
 
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 !		09/06/2026 23:59 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,24283/100
 
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 !		08/31/2026 22:03 ikeguy  Ratings distribution  4586/100

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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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Carrie & Lowell forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetis
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From 07/28/2026 16:47 | #315451
Some lovely quiet music but it didn't excite me like Illinois did. Found myself struggling through the second half of the album. (Edited)
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From 04/24/2026 10:59 | #314130
The most softly heartbreaking album I've ever heard (Edited)
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From 10/24/2025 16:34 | #311460
This album is so heartbreaking and is also easily top 10 cmon. (Edited)
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From 10/10/2025 22:12 | #311310
His best album. In the top 2 most emotionally charged albums of all time, alongside Hospice by the Antlers.
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From 08/06/2025 21:42 | #310427
Excelent album! (Edited)
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