Songs For Christmas
by Sufjan Stevens
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Billboard
    60
    Sweet and pretty. [25 Nov 2006]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    There's a good single album here in need of editing.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Piled atop one another, the less-inspired tracks remind us how very much nicer it is to get the one perfect gift you never dreamed of than a lot of crap you don't need.
  5. Stylus Magazine
    58
    The sheer amount of misfires makes Songs for Christmas impossible to recommend to anyone but the devoted Sufjanite.
  6. Spin
    50
    [It] documents Stevens' transformation from unremarkable folkie Jesus freak to unorthodox Christian mega-talent. [Dec 2006, p.101]
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Awards & Rankings

81
#81 Best Album of 2006

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34
  1. willc
    Jul 22, 2007
    10
    Its been seven months since I purchased this cd set and Im still listening to it regularly. This album is ridiculously good.
  2. Sandra
    Jan 8, 2007
    8
    So maybe he could've condensed the five cd's onto two...Sufjan tends towards being encyclopedic, so get over it. The music is so So maybe he could've condensed the five cd's onto two...Sufjan tends towards being encyclopedic, so get over it. The music is so enjoyable, there are some wonderful influences, like old Tennessee blues and good-ol' American folk music. This set made me fall in love with Christmas music, and is such a relieve from the stuff they play in the stores starting at Thanksgiving. It's the only Sufjan I've heard, and definitely makes me yearn for more.… Full Review »
  3. huigv
    Jan 6, 2007
    9
    good for 12 months of christmas a year!
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