P sure I can count the number of albums I've insta 4.5'd (or higher) in the last 3-4 years with my fingers
but it's an indecently good list, so no regrets or reforming the method hm

Album Rating: 4.0

"Death With Dignity, Fourth of July, The Only Thing, No Shade In The Shadow of the Cross, and Blue Bucket of Gold are my 5/5 tracks from C&L."



Nice, we have the same favorites

Album Rating: 4.5

I mean really nothing on this touches anything on C&L for my money. Shit Talk comes close. And the holistic experience of C&L is just something else. This to me has loads of lovely individual moments but doesn’t present as the same, complete artistic/personal statement. I’ve not dug thaaaaat much into the lyrics yet so we’ll see I may be being dumb.

Album Rating: 4.5

Aesthetically I find this is perhaps most similar to some of his Christmas stuff, especially with the choir vocals.

Album Rating: 4.0

Actually tho? I do not find this similar to his Christmas stuff. Most similar to C&L but ofc C&L is the better album

Album Rating: 4.5

Maybe it's because I've always associated Stevens with Christmas to some degree because of his xmas albums, or maybe I'm just weird, but all Sufjan music feels like winter seasonal music to me. I jam Impossible Soul every Christmas eve and it makes no sense.

Album Rating: 4.5

Sufjan is very much a fall/winter artist for me (of course I still listen year round) but there's just a vibe to his albums where I just associate my listens to those times of year

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah def a fall/winter artist [3]

Album Rating: 4.5

[4]

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm still enjoying this very much but it's yet to reveal itself as anything more than an extremely solid mid-tier Sufjan album. I'd probably only include Shit Talk in a top 20 all-time Sufjan list.

Album Rating: 4.0

mid tier = 4?

if most of his albums are 5s for that user then thats mid tier

(i havent looked at his ratings just guessing)

Album Rating: 4.0

Mid-tier for Sufjan is pretty high quality to be honest, but I'd have it challenging Adz for 5 behind Illinois, The Ascension, C&L, and Planetarium.

Album Rating: 4.3

Sufjan is very much a fall/winter artist for me (of course I still listen year round)

His best is one of the state albums, can’t decide which.

Album Rating: 5.0

Does Sufjan have some pitch correction running on his vocals here. There's a strange, subtle autotune-like quality to his voice on here

Album Rating: 5.0

Shit Talk 5/5

So You Are Tired 5/5

A Running Start 5/5

Will Anybody Ever Love Me? 5/5

Goodbye Evergreen 4.5/5

Everything That Rises 4.5/5

Genuflecting Ghost 4.5/5

My Red Little Fox 4/5

There's a World 4/5

Javelin (To Have and to Hold) 4/5

Album Rating: 4.0

yo reefajones your top 3 is identical to mine! i haven't seen that many people hyping up so you are tired and a running start but they're easily the ones i return to most outside of shit talk

Album Rating: 4.5

@Reefa i’ve honestly always heard that a little bit in Sufjan’s voice, I think he has a very unique voice timbre that almost makes it sound laden in effects when it’s not… but i’m sure there’s some extra processing on his voice here either way

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

‘So You Are Tired’ is top three