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| 0.0 | Gyromania | September 29th 21 |
if it's getting repped by americanflagash, you already know it's trash
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| 4.5 superb | AmericanFlagAsh | September 24th 21 |
A perfect blend of grandiose and timid moments, just like the movies that inspired the songs
Edit: Gyro we share so many 5s and 4.5s so you're calling yourself trash too
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| 3.0 good | ajcollins15 | September 28th 21 |
I have a firm belief that albums like this will get a lot of high ratings because it ?sounds exactly as he used to sound? and that idea is fine when the album really pans out, but for me, this new Sufjan Stevens record is not amazing. Don?t get me wrong I do enjoy several tracks on here and there is a lot of great indie folk ideas and styles littered throughout this album. But much of the sonic ideas have all been done, including by Sufjan himself. Tracks like ?The Piller of Souls?, ?Beginner?s Mind?, and Murder and Crime? are prime examples of somewhat boring indie-folk tracks. However, tracks like ?Reach Out?, ?Lady Macbeth In Chains?, ?Back to Oz?, ?Cimmerian Shade? are great indie-folk ballads with strong performances. Also, there are some interesting experimental tracks that call back to what Sufjan has done in the last few albums, for example, ?You Give Death a Bad Name?. Overall, it?s an above-average listen with some standout tracks, but there are still several skippable tracks that leave me wondering why Sufjan is going back to sounds like that.
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| 2.5 average | this space for rent | September 24th 21 |
I'm sure there are nuggets of gold to mine here if
you like to cry alone in the dark and forget that
Carrie & Lowell already exists.
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| 0.0 | A.R.O. STAFF | October 2nd 21 |
somehow i doubt this album calls for a soundoff page this aggressive
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| 4.5 superb | charlopiano | September 30th 21 |
Never would've guessed Sufjan could make a 4th masterpiece
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | April 20th 22 |
Sufjan and Angelo's most conceptually consistent and cohesive projects yet, together they fuse so many folk and near-psychedelic pop ideas it's often staggering and exhausting.
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| 3.5 great | Tb1114 | October 1st 21 |
All around pretty fun album. Besides "My Rajneesh," the best thing he's done since C&L. The majority of the songs on here are fantastic. The one's that aren't are still somewhat enjoyable, given the theme of the inspired movies, etc. Don't think this will be an album I'll listen to in full again after this month.
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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | September 30th 21 |
Soft, pretty, and ethereal - a worthy successor to Carrie & Lowell, with strong Elliott Smith vibes - are ya surprised? Despite the comparison with C&L being unavoidable - ultimately diminishing the record's impact as C&L basically did the same but before and better -, A Beginner's Mind's strongest feature is its capacity to offer an extremely calm soundscape while - almost - avoiding tameness. A beautiful lil album.
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| 3.5 great | Cormano | February 23rd 22 |
| 3.0 good | Pangea | January 31st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | December 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | alamo | December 16th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Doobuc | December 1st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | October 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | BoerK | October 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | bharry | October 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atari STAFF | October 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | kalli15 | October 8th 21 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | October 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | October 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | October 6th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Brabiz | October 5th 21 |
| 3.0 good | xlev | October 4th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jekub | October 4th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | October 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | October 1st 21 |
| 3.0 good | Corney | October 1st 21 |
| 3.0 good | Xhoven | September 30th 21 |
| 3.5 great | espnil | September 30th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Derek | September 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | SAPoodle | September 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Behexen | September 28th 21 |
| 3.5 great | bnest | September 28th 21 |
| 3.5 great | fog CONTRIBUTOR | September 28th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Habarug | September 28th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Skoop | September 28th 21 |
| 3.5 great | chwe | September 27th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Collis | September 27th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Sowing STAFF | September 25th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Handers | September 25th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Isob3l | September 24th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | jtswope | September 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | jlsg | September 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | September 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Khattak | September 24th 21 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | September 24th 21 |
| 3.0 good | anat CONTRIBUTOR | September 24th 21 |
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