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A Sun Came (Remaster) (CD)

By: Sufjan Stevens (Artist)

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DISC 1 for A Sun Came (Remaster) (CD) Album By Sufjan Stevens (Artist)
1   We Are What You Say
2   Winner Needs A Wand, A
3   Rake
4   Siamese Twins
5   Demetrius
6   Dumb I Sound
7   Wordsworth's Ridge - (For Fran Fike)
8   Belly Button
9   Rice Pudding
10   Loverless Bed, A (W/out Remission) - (Without Remission)
11   Godzuki
12   Super Sexy Woman
13   Oracle Said Wander, The
14   Happy Birthday
15   Jason
16   Kill
17   Ya Leil
18   Sun Came, A
19   Satan's Saxophones
20   Joy! Joy! Joy! - (bonus tracks)
21   You Are The Rake - (bonus tracks)
 

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Title Note

Includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks and new artwork.

Personnel: Sufjan Stevens (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, sitar, flute, recorder, oboe, alto saxophone, piano, synthesizer, xylophone, bass guitar, percussion); Shannon Stephens, Ghadeer Yaser (vocals); Marzuki Stevens (guitar, tenor saxophone, percussion); Matt Morgan (guitar); Jesse Koskey (drums).

Recording information: Holland, Michigan (1998); Brooklyn, New York (2001).

Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens's 1999 debut album gets bumped up from lo- to mid-fi here, thanks to a 2004 remastering by the Asthmatic Kitty label. For the Sufjan novice, this is a fine place to start, as it features a wide arrays of sounds, including post-prog wooden flutes and recorders, flanged vocals, fuzz guitar, and even quirky sing-alongs (a trademark of Stevens's future frequent collaborator Brother Danielson).

Gentle piano and acoustic guitar refrains take the sting out of this all-over-the-music-map travelling, soothing the soul on "Dumb I Sound," "Wordsworth's Ridge," and the title track. "A Loverless Bed (W/out Remission)" is so sweet that its wah-wah guitar would sound at home on Tommy James & the Shondells' "Crimson & Clover." "Kill" is softer than an Elliott Smith tune, and Stevens earns his banjo wings on "Happy Birthday." Goofball hijinks like "Super Sexy Woman," "Jason," and the dissonant "Satan's Saxophones" recall early Beck, and help make this sprawling epic of an album sound deceptively cheeky at first, but rest assured, a wondrous and emotionally moving world reveals itself on repeat listens. For fans, the blend of beauty and noise on bonus track "Joy! Joy! Joy!" alone is worth making the upgrade.

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