Carrie & Lowell
by Sufjan Stevens

The most softly heartbreaking album I've ever heard

This album is so heartbreaking and is also easily top 10 cmon.

His best album. In the top 2 most emotionally charged albums of all time, alongside Hospice by the Antlers.

From nextorgd 08/06/2025 21:42 | #310427

Excelent album!

The melody of most of this album was pretty challenging for me to connect to hook up onto.
I personally prefer Illinois a lot more

There is no doubt about it. This is a beautiful and deeply poignant album, and it has a sound all its own. I had to stop listening to it at some point, though, simply because it became so ubiquitous in films and tv programmes. It came to serve as a kind of shorthand for grief and melancholy, and for me that stripped it of some of its power.

Es uno de los álbumes más consistentes que he escuchado en mi vida, debido a que cada una de las canciones están tan perfectamente integradas, que es imposible saltarse alguna. Desde luego que tengo mis favoritas como "Death with Dignity", "Should Have Kknow Better", "Fourt of July", "The Only Thing" y "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross" pero todas las canciones aquí son tan profundas, introspectivas, deprimentes pero a la vez muy tranquilas y hermosas, que simplemente es un álbum perfecto, y probablemente mi favorito de Sufjan Stevens.

From arturguerra 06/21/2023 11:35 | #297704

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Emotional, heartfelt and deeply personal. It's amazing how detailed everything is while still feeling completely universal.

This is a lovely, tender, record. In terms of songwriting its not very impressive at all, but its competent, and lyrically its very good.