Are We There
by Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten bestography
Are We There is ranked as the best album by Sharon Van Etten.
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Are We There track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/01/2026 11:55 | Map | 500 | 81/100 | |
| 02/27/2026 23:08 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 01/14/2026 14:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,586 | 70/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 22:06 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 | |
| 10/20/2025 10:45 | JacobMullis | 743 | 88/100 |
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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 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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This album is really beautiful. From beginning to end, you will be captivades by Sharon's magical voice, along with her powerful lyrics. This album proves that she is trully one of the best songwriters of her generation.
I randomly found the closing number "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" on YouTube and really enjoyed the unpretentious feeling and the humorous undertones of the lyrics. Also the catchy melody hit me, so I decided to check out the entire album "Are We There".
It soon became clear that "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" is a somewhat atypical number for the album. Overall the songwriting can hardly be called easily accessible and both instrumentation and harmonization are often surprising and exciting. On several songs I came to think of Radiohead from their golden period from around "The Bends" and "OK Computer" - especially with songs such as "Afraid of Nothing", "Your Love Is Killing Me", "Tarifa" and "Break Me" which are all among my favorites. Also "Taking Chances" which have a little Cardigans-mood is strong.
All in all, an exciting album that gives appetite for more of the same.
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Brad1770 11/14/2019 10:22 | #244811
The album that took SVE from a liked artist to one of my very favourites
Simply wonderful album only just pipped by The War On Drugs for my number one album in 2014 and now included on my all time top 100 albums
5 years on from its initial release ‘Are We There’ ( no question mark ) stands the test of time and sounds as powerful today as it did then
junodog4 08/29/2019 02:11 | #241856
Beautiful voice. Haunting sound, haunting voice, haunting lyrics.
Really enjoyable. The sound of this album can really just wash over you in a way that very few other album manage to do.
sophialeviev 05/12/2018 17:42 | #214673
Definitely her best album. Discovered her from the Twin Peaks reload a year back. Since then she's been in my top 10. Finally something Jersey can be proud of.
Best Tracks: Our Love, Break Me, Every Time The Sun Comes Up
Another fine record from Van Etten. It's a great companion piece to, tramp, with the quality of songwriting still at a high level. Not totally sure about the drum machines though. Still, good stuff.
Probably the best 2014 record. Every song is strong.
An enjoyable listen. Real solid MEZ
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