User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 113 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 4 out of 113

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  1. me
    Aug 26, 2004
    1
    ehhhhh, not so good. too much treble, not enough bass as they say.
  2. Oct 31, 2018
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    Disgusting. Absolutely atrocious and I believe that this has tainted the name of Sufjan Stevens. I repeat: disgusting.
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87

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
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  1. Even if we're not taken by the subject matter, we're taken by how beautifully and personally Sufjan is taken by it.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    He shares [Elliott] Smith's gift for sketching in complex emotional states with telling details. [19 Mar 2004, p.66]
  3. A consistently moving, subtly beautiful experience.