Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
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  • Summary: The indie singer-songwriter's fourth solo album, produced by Danielson Famile's Daniel Smith, follows on the heels of his critically-lauded 2003 effort 'Greetings From Michigan.'
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. He shares [Elliott] Smith's gift for sketching in complex emotional states with telling details. [19 Mar 2004, p.66]
  2. 91
    Like Elliott Smith after ten years of Sunday school. [May 2004, p.108]
  3. "Seven Swans" is as a graceful tour de force of an album - beguiling, bewitching and beautiful.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. I'm having trouble putting it into words how beautiful this album is. The banjo has never sounded so soothing and Sufjan's voice is so entrancing. The music just keeps getting better too; the transfiguration might be the most gorgeous thing my ears have ever experienced. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. maxdubya
    10
    Unbelievebly good. Its rare not to find sufjan gracing my CD player, and Seven Swans is an album which is among his very finest
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. me
    1
    ehhhhh, not so good. too much treble, not enough bass as they say.
    • 0 of 5 users said yes

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