The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras From The Illinois Album
by Sufjan Stevens
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 59
  3. Negative: 3 out of 59

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  1. JakeM.
    Aug 1, 2006
    1
    No...really, when will this eve end. Avalanche indeed! I mean, Illinois was bloated enough, but to think that we really need ANOTHER 75 minutes of this tripe... I guess he's starting to believe his own press.

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Under The Radar
    70
    What Stevens does most successfully here is expand the notion of American song. [#14]
  2. Austin Chronicle
    89
    Avalanche,... is all over the place musically but never loses the singer-songwriter's jaw-dropping vision.
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  3. Prefix Magazine
    60
    There's a difference between a damn fine song and the brilliance that made up Stevens's previous two releases, Illinois and Seven Swans. Unfortunately, The Avalanche clunks through track after track of damn fine songs while only rarely hitting these moments that make your body tingle in euphoria.
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