Sufjan Stevens
Illinois







Release Year: 2005

Rankings:
All-Time #95 / 2000s #7 / 2005 #1

Genres: Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Parent Genres: Baroque Pop, Indie Pop, Pop

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Amazon.com (USA) - The Best of the Decade in Music... So Far (2006) No Order
BetterPropaganda (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 60
Billboard (USA) - Top 20 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 12
Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 17
Creative Loafing (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 55.5
Daily Californian (USA) - Top 25 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 7
Glide (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 36
Kitsap Sun (USA) - The Top 101 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 64
LostAtSea (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 10
Metromix Denver (USA) - Top 40 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 25
NPR (USA) - The 50 Most Important Recordings of the 2000s (2009) No Order
OneThirtyBPM (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 29
Paste (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 1
Pause & Play (USA) - Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 16
PopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s (2014) 13
Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 (+50) Albums of the 2000s (2012) 27
Popdose (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 28
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 78
Slant (USA) - Top 250 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 9
Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015) 198
Stylus Decade (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 72
The Onion A.V. Club (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 30
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Main entry
Treble (USA) - Top 150 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 5
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Clash (UK) - The Top 100 Albums of Clash's Lifetime (2004-2014) 20
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NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013) 138
NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 17
No Ripcord (UK) - Top Albums 2000-2009 (2012) 5
Rock's Back Pages (UK) - Top 176 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 28
State (Ireland) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 11
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The Guardian (UK) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 28
The Line of Best Fit (UK) - Top 30 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 4
The Sunday Times (UK) - Top 30 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 13
Uncut (UK) - Top 150 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 30
Adresseavisen (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 6
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Top 40 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 33
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OOR (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 6
OOR (The Netherlands) - The 100 Best Albums of All Time (2007) 69
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Musikexpress (Germany) - The Best Albums 2000-2015 23
Zündfunk (Germany) - Top 20 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 11
Chronicart.com (France) - Top 10 Albums from 1997-2007 (2007) 2
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 966
FNAC (France) - The Ideal Discography: 823 Indispensables Albums (2015) Other
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 8
VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008) No Order
Heineken (Spain) - Top 50 International Albums of the 2000s (2009) 17
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Mondosonoro (Spain) - Top 50 International Albums of the 2000s (2009) 42
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Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 300 (+200) Best Albums from 1984-2014 (2014) 42
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Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade A-
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 90
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7.5
End of Year Lists
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