The Greatest Gift (Sufjan Stevens album)

The Greatest Gift
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Mixtape by Sufjan Stevens
Released November 24, 2017 (2017-11-24)
Genre Indie rock, indie folk, synth-pop
Length 48:24
Label Asthmatic Kitty
Producer Sufjan Stevens
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The Greatest Gift (styled The Greatest Gift Mixtape – Outtakes, Remixes, & Demos from Carrie & Lowell) is a mixtape by Sufjan Stevens consisting of outtakes and unreleased tracks from Stevens' 2015 release, Carrie & Lowell.

Critical reception

The mixtape received mostly positive reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 71, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.[1] Pitchfork Media gave the album a score of 7.2 out of 10, stating "Though too scattered to stand alone, the various demos and remixes culled from Carrie & Lowell add new context and dimension to Sufjan Stevens’ masterful album."[2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork[2]
The Observer[3]
Paste[4]
Clash8/10[5]
Drowned in Sound[6]
The Independent[7]
London Evening Standard[8]4/5[8]
The Guardian3/5[9]
Under the Radar[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Sufjan Stevens.

  1. "Wallowa Lake Monster" – 6:52
  2. "Drawn to the Blood" (remix) – 5:28
  3. "Death with Dignity" (Helado Negro remix) – 4:08
  4. "John My Beloved" (iPhone demo) – 4:17
  5. "Drawn to the Blood" (Fingerpicking remix) – 2:01
  6. "The Greatest Gift" – 1:51
  7. "Exploding Whale" (Doveman remix) – 5:26
  8. "All of Me Wants All of You" (Helado Negro remix) – 3:24
  9. "Fourth of July" (900x remix) – 6:48
  10. "The Hidden River of My Life" – 4:04
  11. "City of Roses" – 2:14

References

  1. 1 2 "The Greatest Gift by Sufjan Stevens". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 Geffen, Sasha. "Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Empire, Kitty. "Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift review – unreleased Carrie and Lowell gems". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Salmon, Ben. "Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift Review". Paste. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Wasserman, Milo. "Sufjan Stevens - The Greatest Gift". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Clarke, Jude. "Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Gill, Andy. "Album reviews: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Bjork, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 Cornwell, Jane. "Albums of the week: Bjork, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and The Staves". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben. "Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift review – upbeat return to whimsical ways". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. ↑ Steinberg, Charles. "Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift". Under the Radar. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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