A Song For You
by Carpenters
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Carpenters bestography
A Song For You is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Carpenters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carpenters is Close To You which is ranked number 5624 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 244.
(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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A Song For You track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Song For You rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 47 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1972 | 26/41 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1972 | 20/47 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 36 Music Albums of 1972 | 36/36 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1972 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 40 Music Albums of 1972 | 36/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 40 Music Albums of 1972 | 30/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 56/100 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 142 | |||
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A Song For You ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 20:18 | Garyf1972 | 763 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2026 14:18 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 03:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,767 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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A Song For You forum mentions
dihansse 05/30/2018 19:28 in My discoveries per yearA Song For You comments
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/18/2017 09:29 | #203438 | TOP COMMENT
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A great album & their best work, every track is good even the Richard Carpenter vocals on the track Piano Picker. Side 1 (tracks 1-6) is exceptional easy listening laid back music and the final 3 tracks are a brilliant way to close an album, Road Ode is a very underrated song. Karen Carpenter has a quality in her voice that melts your soul.
This is MOR-music at its best! Beautiful crafted songs and orchestration and Karen Carpenter's heavenly voice on top of it!! Amazing!!!
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