Javelin
by Sufjan Stevens
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#25 Best Album of 2023

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87

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 22 out of 22
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  1. PopMatters
    Nov 3, 2023
    80
    Sufjan Stevens’ musical journeying over the past two decades comes to its fullness as he grapples with these concepts. Every piece fits perfectly, but more than that, he knows what sort of puzzle to construct.
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  2. Exclaim
    Oct 19, 2023
    90
    Javelin finds Stevens at his most vulnerable, yes, but like Carrie & Lowell, he paradoxically hides behind a wall of references and metaphor (many of which I'm sure are biblical in nature, discreetly whizzing past my woefully secular ears). Now posited in plainer language than ever before, he makes its cipher even more challenging to crack. That's what makes these records so healing to their audiences, though: the universality.
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  3. Beats Per Minute
    Oct 13, 2023
    85
    Digging further into the singer-songwriter aesthetics of Seven Swans and Carrie & Lowell, Stevens has crafted an element of rare beauty, meticulously extracted from a host of sorrows, affections, and other confounding sentiments.
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