Carpenters 
The best album credited to Carpenters is Close To You which is ranked number 5,624 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 244.
Carpenters is ranked number 1,339 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,094.
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- Karen Carpenter
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Carpenters best albums
The following albums by Carpenters are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Carpenters best tracks
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Carpenters ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2023 17:16 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2023 04:23 |  Tamthebam | 883 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2022 14:17 |  zwiebel | 742 | 56/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 25% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 9.5.
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Carpenters forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5426): By KeatownrodriguezCarpenters comments
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The Carpenters made some of the greatest pop of the 70's. Karen's voice was pure and unaffected while Richard was a master producer and arranger. The combination is classic.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/14/2019 03:11 | #231902
Karen could sing the owner's manual to a '73 Ford Pinto and it would be beautiful.
Their music is timeless and beautiful
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/05/2018 22:15 | #223933
There are few occasions when listening to the Carpenters isn't a joy.
Nice - Yes Nice but behind the saccharin Karen Carpenter had the perfect voice for loght pop music
