When We Were That What Wept For The Sea
by Colin Stetson

When We Were That What Wept For The Sea by Colin Stetson
Year: 2023
Release date: 2023-05-12
Overall rank: 13,163rd   Overall chart history
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72/100 (from 32 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2023 (180th)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (1,052nd)
Award Best albums of all time (13,163rd)

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Colin Stetson bestography

When We Were That What Wept For The Sea is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Colin Stetson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Colin Stetson is New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges which is ranked number 2682 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 581.

Colin Stetson album bestography « Higher ranked (2,682nd)
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
This album (13,163rd)
When We Were That What Wept For The Sea
Lower ranked (16,894th) »
New History Warfare Vol 3: To See More Light

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Overall rank: 13,163rd | 2020s rank: 1,052nd | 2023 rank: 180th

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From 01/08/2024 16:37 | #301001
Everyone's favourite circular-breathing saxophonist has done it again. Despite the zany cover art, When We Were... is a sombre affair, replete with beautiful drones and spoken word poetry, some of which written by Stetson himself. The five treatments of "The Lighthouse" are especially gorgeous. Stetson is always moving to listen to, but here he does it so gently.
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