(They Long To Be) Close To You (track)
by Carpenters
Year: 1970
From the album Close To You (track #6)
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(They Long To Be) Close To You appears on the following album(s) by Carpenters:
- Close To You (track #6) (this album) (1970)
- The Singles: 1969–1981 (track #20) (compilation) (2000)
- Love Songs (track #11) (compilation) (1998)
- The Singles 1969-1973 (track #12) (compilation) (1973)
- Carpenters Gold: Greatest Hits (track #14) (compilation) (2000)
- Classics Volume 2 (track #27) (compilation) (1987)
- Live In Japan (track #3) (1974)
- Only Yesterday (track #18) (compilation) (1990)
- From The Top (track #18) (compilation) (1991)
- Yesterday Once More (track #23) (compilation) (1984)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/06/2026 01:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,483 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2025 23:41 | mash | 4,227 | 92/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 04:12 | plasmicmist | 7,576 | 91/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2025 13:40 | andyd1010 | 1,843 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 05:25 | matterhornrider | 22,605 | 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 88.3/100, a mean average of 89.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.2.
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LTSings 09/26/2021 16:46 | #274228
Another timeless classic Bacharach tune with fantastic vocals.
Fischman 02/14/2019 03:23 | #231904
Rather overrated in the Carpenters canon. Was swell enough in 1970 but not truly special enough to maintain this stature.
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