Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (Vinyl)
Sufjan Stevens has always written personally, weaving his life story into larger narratives, but on his 2015 release, autobiography is front and center. 'Carrie & Lowell' is a return to the stripped-back folk of 'Seven Swans', but with a decade's worth of refinement and exploration packed into it and is his best album to date.
This is a big claim, considering his career: 2003's 'Michigan', 2004's stripped-down 'Seven Swans', 2005's 'Illinois', and 2010's knotty electro-acoustic collection 'The Age of Adz'. He's also had residencies at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, collaborated with rappers and the National, donned wings and paint-splattered dayglo costumes, and released Christmas albums. But none of those side projects were ultimately ever as interesting, or effective, as when Sufjan was just Sufjan, a guy with a guitar or piano, well-detailed lyrics, and a gorgeous whisper that could reach into a heartbreaking falsetto. (Pitchfork)
2019 re-issue.
Tracklist:
A1 Death With Dignity 3:59
A2 Should Have Known Better 5:05
A3 All Of Me Wants All Of You 3:41
A4 Drawn To The Blood 3:16
A5 Fourth of July 4:38
B1 The Only Thing 4:41
B2 Carrie & Lowell 3:14
B3 Eugene 2:26
B4 John My Beloved 5:06
B5 No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross 2:38
B6 Blue Bucket Of Gold 4:43
Sufjan Stevens has always written personally, weaving his life story into larger narratives, but on his 2015 release, autobiography is front and center. 'Carrie & Lowell' is a return to the stripped-back folk of 'Seven Swans', but with a decade's worth of refinement and exploration packed into it and is his best album to date.
This is a big claim, considering his career: 2003's 'Michigan', 2004's stripped-down 'Seven Swans', 2005's 'Illinois', and 2010's knotty electro-acoustic collection 'The Age of Adz'. He's also had residencies at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, collaborated with rappers and the National, donned wings and paint-splattered dayglo costumes, and released Christmas albums. But none of those side projects were ultimately ever as interesting, or effective, as when Sufjan was just Sufjan, a guy with a guitar or piano, well-detailed lyrics, and a gorgeous whisper that could reach into a heartbreaking falsetto. (Pitchfork)
2019 re-issue.
Tracklist:
A1 Death With Dignity 3:59
A2 Should Have Known Better 5:05
A3 All Of Me Wants All Of You 3:41
A4 Drawn To The Blood 3:16
A5 Fourth of July 4:38
B1 The Only Thing 4:41
B2 Carrie & Lowell 3:14
B3 Eugene 2:26
B4 John My Beloved 5:06
B5 No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross 2:38
B6 Blue Bucket Of Gold 4:43
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