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Seven Swans

by Sufjan Stevens

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Overall Rating: 3.3051 Seven Swans is ranked overall as 3.3051 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.3045 Seven Swans has an avg. critic score of 3.3045 out of 4 stars

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Drowned In Sound

It was just about a week ago that I proclaimed to a friend that Sufjan Stevens was most likely my current favorite singer/songwriter under the age of 30. I then revised that statement to the age of under 40, and then I even went ahead and declared ...more

Almost Cool

Sufjan Stevens is a musician who seems to just be reaching his creative peak and shows no signs of slowing down. ...more

Pitchfork

Even if we're not taken by the subject matter, we're taken by how beautifully and personally Sufjan is taken by it. ...more

Pitch Fork Media

While few are responding to The Passion with the same intensity that New York Times columnist Frank Rich did a week ago-- for starters, Rich titled his harangue "Mel Gibson Forgives Us for His Sins"-- it's fair to say that, recently, ...more

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Trouser Press

Stevens' most personal and focused album. ...more

Drowned In Sound

Stevens has a beautiful voice and a rare melodic instinct but it is the passion with which he performs these songs that causes them to communicate so much, so well. ...more

Village Voice

His beliefs take periodic diva turns, but Seven Swans is still far more preoccupied with the banjo than God: Stevens's tenderly picked chords fly higher than any golden harp, and his delicate, lapping vocals lovingly complement all that tinny stroking. ...more

PopMatters

Seven Swans easily does the job of securing Sufjan Stevens as one of those songwriters you must become familiar with. ...more

Stylus Magazine

While Seven Swans is possibly a better record than Michigan, with such an overtly Christian sheen, it will be interesting to see if the liberal music press gives it as much praise as it deserves. ...more

All Music Guide

Like faith, these songs require patience, as their almost mantra-like arcs take their time to fully form. ...more

Junkmedia

It is Stevens' creepier qualities that make him a cut above the average singer-songwriter. ...more

Rolling Stone

Quietly beautiful. ...more

PrefixMag

Known for elaborate, enterprising songwriting, Sufjan Stevens hasn't slowed down since his critically acclaimed 2003 releaseGreetings from Michigan. His fourth release,Seven Swans, is an overachieving attempt to somehow broaden his appeal to both ...more

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