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wtferrothorn
July 9th 2015


5849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I honestly like the folkier tracks on here best. Casimir Pulaski Day is fantastic

Artuma
July 9th 2015


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

he's definitely at his best on the stripped down folk tunes

wtferrothorn
July 9th 2015


5849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah. The other tracks just seem too caught up in their quirkiness to really say something. The instrumentation is wonderful and all, but that's not gonna keep me fully entertained for a 7 minute track unless you're gonna do something interesting with it.

Artuma
July 9th 2015


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"The other tracks just seem too caught up in their quirkiness to really say something."



well said

LotusFlower
July 9th 2015


12000 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Seven Swans and Carrie and Lowell just bored me after a few spins. I feel like Age of Adz and the quicker tracks on here are better. Casimir is good though.

AmericanFlagAsh
July 9th 2015


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Disagreed hard

AmericanFlagAsh
July 9th 2015


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I fucking love the quirkiness

Artuma
July 9th 2015


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Seven Swans and Carrie and Lowell just bored me after a few spins."



those are my faves lol

wtferrothorn
July 9th 2015


5849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That's mainly why I prefer Age Of Adz over this. Sure, most of the tracks are pretty long, but at least the production is bringing me something I haven't heard before. I actually really love "Impossible Soul", 25 minute runtime and all

AmericanFlagAsh
July 9th 2015


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

What songs are 7 minutes long other than The Tallest Man

Which is such a good song

LotusFlower
July 9th 2015


12000 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

His standard folk tracks just feel horribly lacking in variety, and when he has tracks that go past five minutes they just become a drag. For me at least, never was the Sufjan fan anyways.

wtferrothorn
July 9th 2015


5849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

well almost none of the songs pass the 7 min mark, but they just feel like they drag on for so much longer than the 6 min.

AmericanFlagAsh
July 9th 2015


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Come On! Feel the Illinoise! is 6 minutes and so fun

Chicago is 6 minutes and epic and emotional

The Man of Metropolis is 6 minutes and is very diverse from the rest and has amazing lyrics

wtferrothorn
July 9th 2015


5849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

idk, just really doesn't interest me :/

AmericanFlagAsh
July 9th 2015


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Nothing about this drags

Every bit brings something new, something emotional, something fun



theBoneyKing
July 9th 2015


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I agree that the folkier songs are the best. The orchestral ones are fun but they mostly sound like anyone could have made them. Come On Feel the Illinoise is an exception, that song is amazing.

wtferrothorn
July 9th 2015


5849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah, illinoise is best of those best of those tracks

AmericanFlagAsh
July 9th 2015


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Idgi

I've rated 656 albums on this site and nothing I've heard quite sounds like this

theBoneyKing
July 9th 2015


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It's just that as orchestral stuff while good they're not masterpieces of orchestral music and for the most part don't evoke a ton of emotion.

wtferrothorn
July 9th 2015


5849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm not really saying this album is boring. Not at all, theose tracks are fun to put on every once and a while. But nothing really pulls me to listen to them that often



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