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Format: Carrie & Lowell [Explicit]
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Carrie & Lowell sounds like memory: it spans decades yet does not trade on pastiche or nostalgia. Stevens s gauzy double-tracked vocals wash across the dashboard of long-finned, drop-top Americana, yet as we race towards the coast we are reminded that sunshine leads to shadow, for this is a landscape of terminal roads, unsteady bridges, traumatic video stores, and unhappy beds that provide the scenery for tales of jackknifed cars, funerals, and forgiveness for the dead. Each track in this collection of eleven songs begins with a fragile melody that gathers steam until it becomes nothing less than a modern hymn. Sufjan recounts the indignities of our world, of technological distraction and sad sex, of an age without neither myths nor miracle and this time around, his voice carries the burden of wisdom. Carrie & Lowell accomplishes the rare thing that any art should achieve, particularly in these noisy and fragmented days: By seeking to understand, Sufjan makes us feel less alone.
Language : Italian
Product Dimensions : 12 x 12.6 x 1 inches; 8 ounces
Manufacturer : ASTHMATIC KITTY
Item model number : 56099
Date First Available : January 10, 2015
Label : ASTHMATIC KITTY
Number of discs : 1
Best Sellers Rank: #1,821 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl) #13 in Rockabilly #52 in Indie Rock
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Sufjan Stevens pours his heart out, grieving about the tragic loss of his mother on this album. It is absolutely beautiful and could even make you shed a tear. The cover shows a photo of said mother, and though they didnt have a great relationship, Sufjan can’t help but feel guilt. I recommend a listen, and even a purchase of the vinyl for an absolutely beautiful, yet devastating album.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2026 by CoolingTho
Let me start by saying this. I'm a 40 year old guy, that would name most of his favorite albums from the 90’s with a few 80’s and 2000’s peppered in there. I don’t get the chance to listen to as much anymore, and not as much strikes a chord with me as it used to. BUT – then I heard this album. I have always respected Sufjan, and was hit and miss on his work in the past. But this album hit me like a ton of bricks. I don’t really know how to explain it. But it is masterful in its execution. No song is that different than the next when you really think about it. They are all very soft, beautiful, steady voiced songs that almost flow as one complete work. I think that it makes the subtle shifts of mood and tone within songs and from song to song, take real meaning. I have yet to make it through the album without holding back tears. It is incredibly honest and intricately written. All of Me Wants all of You, Fourth of July, and Blue Bucket of Gold, just wreck me. Anyone who has lost anyone will be able to take some heartbreaking solace in this album.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2015 by Nian
I had skimmed the reviews here on Amazon suggesting that this is an album that deserves to be listened to straight through with your full attention. Despite them, I first put on the album as background music while I worked. I managed to get through the first couple songs that way, just a sweet, mellow soundtrack to what I was doing. By the third song, I couldn't help but pay attention. By the sixth song, I had tears in my eyes. Since that first listen a few days ago, I have not been able to shake this album. I rushed to get tickets to the tour which is about to pass through my town. It's a little weird to recommend this album to other people because it's really not... fun, and it's a little hard for me to pin down why I can't stop coming back to it. It's pretty bleak all around with an unapologetic honesty. It feels extremely personal, so much so that I admire Sufjan Stevens' bravery in being willing to open up so much to us strangers about his grief over his mother's death and the dark period in his life that accompanied it. As much as the album seems to be so much a window into Sufjan's own singular experiences, it also puts an emphasis on the uncomfortable truth that like Sufjan's mother and someday like Sufjan himself, "we're all going to die." It's something we all have to come to terms with; we knew it before we listened to this album and it will still be there when we put the album away. Even if Carrie & Lowell does little to soften the blow, it at least offers us company. Though the songs are quiet and bare, the vulnerable quality of their delivery and the heaviness of their subjects makes the entire album feel like something much bigger than it is.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2015 by Jessica Gleason
As a huge music lover, honestly, while I liked Sufjan's work, I had not really connected with more than a few songs and liked him well in general. I listened to this when it was on NPR's First Listen. I could not get over it, stop listening to it. IT IS AN AMAZING, RAW, HEARTGRIPPING ALBUM. I like a LOT of music. This one is the first album in a long time, that in my mind, qualifies as a masterpiece. Definitely one of my favorite all time albums. The vulnerability in this album is breathtaking. I honestly feel like this album is a service to all of us humans. We will all experience grief in this lifetime and I know I will return again and again to this album to keep me company in the depths of the worst of it and transport me to shore as well. There are a few songs that I cannot listen to without tearing up. "Should Have Known Better" is a killer. An aside, live, this show blew me away too. But no big surprise. Thank you, Sufjan!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016 by Indigo T.
This album is incredible. I had only heard one or two songs by Sufjan before listening to "Fourth of July" off of this album and I was hooked. I think music, as with anything in life, is a lot about timing, and this album was perfect timing for me when I found it. I would highly recommend that everyone listens to this, the mood and the feel are just so melancholic and amazing. On vinyl it's even better, album of course came in great condition and has a wonderful sound. Please everyone listen to this album and then go listen to a whole bunch of other stuff by Sufjan Stevens because his music has a way of engraining itself within your soul and never leaving your side.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016 by Mandy Dejonghe
I was so looking forward to this album which means I was doomed to be let down. Sufjan is in a lo-fi vibe throughout but I'd personally prefer to have more variety in the form of guitars and drums. Maybe next time, fingers crossed THAT was my initial review (3 stars) BUT I was wrong. This album is a grower. While a bit of variety would have been nice, it really does stand together as a solid, coherent piece of artistry. Delicate, sensitive songs of loss and longing. I've benefited from seeing Sufjan play the album live - where he introduces more drama via a full band - yet without sacrificing the lo fi vibe of the album. He's an incredible songwriter and musician and this is truly a great album.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2015 by Amazon Customer
I can't add much more to what others have said about this album's authenticity, beauty and power to move. A timeless classic. I really admire Sufjan for having the courage to put this material out there. Obviously, it is about death, but it is also about the devastating consequences to families and individuals from mental illness, which it the topic (after death) that our society most avoids. We need to lift the cover from these human experiences and start to engage with them. Sufjan has renewed my faith in the ability of popular music to address our common human experience in a very very meaningful way. I would give this more than 5 stars if I could.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2015 by Anne Pann
I will let the other reviews speak to the quality of the music. I am simply reviewing the quality of the vinyl pressing, which is awful. I pulled the album out of the shrink-wrapped cover to find it covered with dust, tiny pieces of paper from the sleeve, and greasy fingerprints. Seriously. I am listening to it now, and this quiet and beautiful music is being accompanied with a constant chorus of pops and ticks, like something you played on a portable record player as a kid. Awful. Disappointing. The 5 stars are for the music. I would give the record itself NO stars.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2018 by Michigan BADMO