A Man Needs A Woman
by James Carr

A Man Needs A Woman by James Carr
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 26,845th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 18 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (267th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (1,616th)
Award Best albums of all time (26,845th)

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James Carr bestography

A Man Needs A Woman is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by James Carr on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by James Carr is You Got My Mind Messed Up which is ranked number 3717 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 400.

James Carr album bestography « Higher ranked (3,717th)
You Got My Mind Messed Up
This album (26,845th)
A Man Needs A Woman
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A Man Needs A Woman

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A Man Needs A Woman rankings summary
Overall rank: 26,845th | 1960s rank: 1,616th | 1968 rank: 267th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 18 votes)
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05/06/2026 16:32 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,55070/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.


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From alelsupreme 09/03/2016 19:59 in alogsupreme
“James Carr is probably one of the most passionate artists to ever live. Every song on his great debut is shot through with with an aching intensity, a storm of emotion, an unspeakably large inner pain (Carr suffered from depression, and it ended up costing him his career) mixed with a great deal of…”
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From RockyRaccoon 08/09/2015 18:10 in Best soul albums?
“Ah I love soul. I've got a chart I've been working on, should be done probably this week. Here are some of my favorites: I think Sam Cooke has one of the most beautiful, pure voices in soul music, and this album is just him and a band doing some tunes. There's not attempt at making a big hit or…”
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