We've Only Just Begun (track)
by Carpenters
Year: 1970
From the album Close To You (track #1)
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We've Only Just Begun appears on the following album(s) by Carpenters:
- Close To You (track #1) (this album) (1970)
- The Singles: 1969–1981 (track #4) (compilation) (2000)
- Love Songs (track #3) (compilation) (1998)
- The Singles 1969-1973 (track #1) (compilation) (1973)
- Carpenters Gold: Greatest Hits (track #13) (compilation) (2000)
- Classics Volume 2 (track #23) (compilation) (1987)
- Live At The Palladium (track #8) (1976)
- Live In Japan (track #11) (1974)
- From The Top (track #19) (compilation) (1991)
- Yesterday Once More (track #19) (compilation) (1984)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/26/2026 04:43 |  AAL2014 | 36,150 | 76/100 | |
| 01/06/2026 01:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 87,038 | 71/100 | |
| 12/06/2025 04:12 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 10/26/2025 15:38 | Foxforce5 | 4,935 | 77/100 | |
| 08/26/2025 05:25 | matterhornrider | 22,848 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.0/100, a mean average of 87.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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LTSings 09/26/2021 16:40 | #274227
A beautiful and timeless classic with fantastic vocals! So smooth!
Fischman 02/14/2019 03:25 | #231906
A truly timeless classic with that oh, so magical delivery only Karen Carpenter can bring.
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