St. Vincent (studio album) by St. Vincent

St. Vincent by St. Vincent
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-02-24
Overall rank: 468th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 783 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2014 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2010s (64th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (468th)

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79/100 (from 783 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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95/100
From 03/08/2023 19:47
I feel this has to be one of the few real masterpieces of the 2010s. It's experimental, but also pop, sleek and carefully crafted but not afraid to be playful at times.
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70/100
From 12/26/2022 09:22
Album Rating: 70.45
(775/11)


1.Rattlesnake. 66
2.Birth In Reverse. 69
3.Prince Johnny. 76
4.Huey Newton. 68
5.Digital Witness. 65
6.I Prefer Your Love. 64
7.Regret. 70
8.Bring Me Your Loves. 83
9.Psychopath. 68
10.Every Tear Disappears. 74
11.Severed Crossed Fingers. 72
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95/100
From 05/10/2020 17:01
A rare instance of a musician who gets better with practically every album.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 04/23/2020 22:57
Favorite Tracks: Digital Witness, Regret, Severed Crossed Fingers
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Rating:  
85/100
From 03/15/2020 07:19
Highlights:

Digital Witness
Birth In Reverse
Prince Johnny
Rattlesnake
Regret
Psychopath
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Rating:  
75/100
From 01/28/2020 11:51

People turn the TV on, it looks just like a window,
yeah

People turn the TV on, it looks just like a window,
yeah

Annie Clark’s “Yeah” in “Digital Witness” predated Billy Ellis “Bad Guy” Duh” by 5 years , just saying

I agree with other comments referring to the front half of this album being much better than the second half although closer “Severed Crossed Fingers” is pretty awesome

The best album from one of our times most important artists, who’s is also an underrated guitar maestro ( if you don’t believe me check out any live performance on YouTube)
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80/100
From 06/04/2019 19:20
Grande álbum de pop! Os elementos artísticos a a guitarra são fantásticos!
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60/100
From 09/03/2018 17:58
Of all her albums this one sounds the most forced. It all has to be so arty and in-your-face which just really doesn’t match with her voice. She somewhat lacks the theatrical qualities of Madonna to mark a change in the music and/or theme with her vocals too. There are some points where she clearly tries (“Huey Newton”), but again: forced.
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80/100
From 03/14/2018 22:01
Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, has consistently delivered quality throughout her career, and on this self-titled album she sharpens her music's edges to near perfection. In her review for Pitchfork, Lindsay Zoladz writes, "St. Vincent continues Clark's run as one of the past decade's most distinct and innovative guitarists, though she's never one to showboat. Her harmonic-filled style bears the influence of jazz (she picked up a lot of her signature tricks from her uncle, the jazz guitarist Tuck Andress) and prog rock, two genres known to embrace sprawl. But Clark's freak-outs are tidy, modular and architecturally compact—like King Crimson rewritten by Le Corbusier." That's a very fine summary of what this album does well, and it's truly enjoyable to hear an artist in peak form, as Clark is on just about every track here.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 11/18/2017 15:34
This is my favorite album of the 2010s, experimental yet accesible, with catchy riff mixed with crazy fuzzed guitars. The only song that doesn´t get the same excitement is Huey Newton, which it´s too crazy for it´s own good, but the rest is all gold.
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