Eugene
Named after the Oregon town of those summers.
Rhune
Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens named the album after his mother, and the stepfather who stayed.
His mother, Carrie, left when he was one. When he was five she married Lowell, and for three summers in Eugene, Oregon, Lowell played him Nick Drake, Judee Sill and Bob Dylan. They split up when he was eight. In December 2012 his mother was in intensive care, and he had a few days with her before she died. He recorded the album in friends’ studios across America, some of it on an iPhone in a hotel room.
Tracks 11 · 44 minutes
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1
Death with Dignity
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2
Should Have Known Better
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3
All of Me Wants All of You
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4
Drawn to the Blood
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Fourth of July
Written about his mother’s last days.
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7
The Only Thing
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8
Carrie & Lowell
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9
John My Beloved
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10
No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross
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11
Blue Bucket of Gold
Notes from listeners 2
Should Have Known Better
sitting in a cornfield at midnight , stars shining and all you have is the sounds of nature and this song
meg aspey
Fourth of July
Devastating. Uplifting. Makes you want to love. Makes you want to write to your loved ones. Witness the meditation of an artist upon his memories. And when the artist is as sensitive and beautiful as Sufjan, it makes for an intense experience.
Aditya Dabas
