Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (October 6th, 2023) • Page 3

Whatever happened to doing an album for every state? Did he just abandon it because it was so much to bite off?

 

Sufjan Stevens Calls the 50 States Album Project "Such a Joke"

I was sure I read he’d also said it was a marketing idea he had and that he didn’t realistically expect to go through with it. But the article linked makes sense. Was definitely a bit ambitious.

In hindsight it makes sense that he didn’t. His output and musical stylings are notoriously diverse, and he’d have had to do “singer songwriter” Sufjan for basically every album he’d release. And as we know now, that’s not really how he likes to operate.

 

Extremely surprised (in the best way) that he’s having such a high turnaround for releases again. The single was breathtaking and I’m sure the full project will follow suit

 

What a relief. I was not a fan of Ascension at all. This is a gem.

 

ascension grew on me a lot

 

First song of his I’ve liked since C&L, excited for the album!

 

Justice for The Ascension

 

listened to it again yesterday. still love it.

 

Ascension has some really good songs

 

The title track is beautiful and one of my favorite songs he’s ever written.

I thought I was acting like a believer
When I was just angry and depressed
And to everything there is no meaning
A season of pain and hopelessness

Made me cry first time I heard that.

 

Ascension is terrific.

 

Like it but not love it, I'll revisit soon

 

The Ascension is okay, in the more bottom tier of my ranking but there’s still some highlights. In terms of post C&L stuff, I rate A Beginner’s Mind over it for sure.

 

It's a solid 8/10, even better if you cut like four tracks. Might not touch C&L but it deserves to be digested and listened to for its own merits

 

C&L isn't even top 5 for me

 

Well what the fuck, Steve

 

Michigan
Carrie & Lowell
The Ascension
illinois
Seven Swans
The Age of Adz

 

Too lazy to rank right now but Age of Adz is my easy number 1

 

Adz forever, no question.

Then illinoise

 

Go ahead and laugh, but Christmas Infinity Voyage: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VIII is actually pretty high up for me

 

It's hard to rank Sufjan albums because he collaborates so much. Do you include A Beginner's Mind and Planetarium? Sometimes I feel like the only person who liked Planetarium.

 

The highs of Planetarium are so good, but there's a lot that doesn't do much for me

 

a beginner's mind is so gooddam good and yes I include it

 

I’ll have to revisit a beginner’s mind because it really bored me back when it came out unfortunately

 

I remember thinking it was nice, I should revisit