If It Was You
by Tegan And Sara
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Tegan And Sara bestography
If It Was You is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Tegan And Sara on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tegan And Sara is The Con which is ranked number 2463 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 654.
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If It Was You track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
If It Was You 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 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 001-100 | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2002 | 75/95 | 1 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 50 Music Albums of 2002 | 48/50 | 0 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top albums, #0201-0300* | 6/75 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Fav concert artists, supporting albums | 9/78 | - |
| 2025 | dhbarrett | Top 41 Music Albums of 2002 | 40/41 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 63/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 26 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 55 | |||
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If It Was You ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/17/2026 22:00 | PapaShiz86 | 11,783 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 12:04 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2025 01:25 | Tamthebam | 23,323 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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If It Was You forum mentions
NoisyBeast 07/11/2023 19:11 in What album are you listening to right now? paladisiac 06/13/2018 16:23 in Best Albums by Female ArtistsIf It Was You comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/11/2011 04:14 | #32648
They sing short, bittersweet tales of love lorn and loss. The album's packed with cute, bittersweet pop gems. You learn the mood from the beginning song "time running" -- "I could see you ten or twelve times a day / I think it's best we do it your therapist's way". Relationship therapy with your twin sister. My favorites are "Monday Monday Monday" ("damn your mood swings"), "underwater" (the harmonic chorus is fun along with lines like "I would go to jail with only boys / Just to prove I was as tough as you / And when I get out for good behavior / I'll be writing love songs / Silly banging knee songs"), "I hear noises" (if only for the slurred "sssssick" of the line "let me know that that my sssssick guilt is so unwelcome" and that it reminds me of an early 90s "crash" song) and "living room" (with the line "My windows look into your living room / I spend the afternoon on top of you" and more good harmonies at the chorus).
Not nearly as fun or endearing as So Jealous, which is the only other one I've heard, but still a decent record.
It's raw, brash and sweet, though not wimpy as the latter might suggest
Very close to The Con in terms of my favorite T&S album.
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