Seven Swans
by Sufjan Stevens
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 113 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 105 out of 113
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 113
  3. Negative: 4 out of 113

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  1. DaleM
    Jan 19, 2006
    6
    While it is clear that he can play the banjo well, the music is simple and repititious. The album seems to have a rather narrow emotional range. Sincere-yes. Beautiful-yes. Fecund and stirring-no. Sterile-perhaps. Boring-afraid so.

Awards & Rankings

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#20 Best Album of 2004
71
#71 Most Discussed Album of 2004
16
#16 Most Shared Album of 2004

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Pitchfork
    81
    Even if we're not taken by the subject matter, we're taken by how beautifully and personally Sufjan is taken by it.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    He shares [Elliott] Smith's gift for sketching in complex emotional states with telling details. [19 Mar 2004, p.66]
  3. Billboard
    90
    A consistently moving, subtly beautiful experience.
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