Never Were The Way She Was
by Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld

Overall rank: 6,265th | 2010s rank: 1,189th | 2015 rank: 131st
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60/100 !	01/28/2026 14:22	TonySayers61	25,855	64/100
75/100 !	12/07/2025 21:43	Araldo	1,472	80/100

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MadhattanJack 08/12/2023 23:45 in What album are you listening to right now?

“by Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld Nice enough album, but it never does explain the way she was, so there's no way we can really know if they were never that.”

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Norman Bates 01/01/2016 15:18 in Qu'est-ce qu'on s'emmerde.

“NR Had I known this album before, I would not have been so surprised at how good this year's was. This is a fantastic piece of contemporary violin music, very much indeed reminiscent of what does with his saxophone - to the point that one might want to start an akward dance move or two to, say, the…”

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RockyRaccoon 12/07/2015 15:08 in From the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota: Rocky's Log

“December 7th, 2015 It's amazing how sometimes two artists can come together and fit so perfectly together. Such is the case with Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld. This is mostly a meditation on the value of a note, it's slow, it's airy, it creates a vast sonic landscape and a dark, haunting mood.…”

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Grzywa 12/31/2015 11:15 | #155431 | TOP COMMENT

A surprising masterpiece. The most consistent and meaningful album of 2015 for me. Hypnotic minimalism, an ambient soundtrack on live instruments, beautiful and somehow sinister.

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80/100

From Mre3 08/19/2015 21:53 | #148029 | TOP COMMENT

BEA members really dissapointed me, really? here?
definitely one of best work of decade.

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HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/14/2015 04:31 | #154527 | TOP COMMENT

I had no idea what to expect. Not bad. Not bad at all.

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