Sufjan Stevens

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Release Date: 11/09/2010 Format: 2 X LP Label: Asthmatic Kitty Release type: Double Vinyl LP Pressing 2010 release from the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter. The Age of Adz ( pronounced Odds) is Sufjan Stevens' first full-length collection of original songs since 2005's conceptual pop opus Illinois. While the sounds on this record are distinctly "artificial" (drums machines and analog synths reign supreme), the proclamations of the songs are unabashedly visceral, sung loudly, with a backdrop of insistent orchestration. The result is an album that is perhaps more vibrant, primary and explicit than anything Sufjan has done before, incorporating themes that are neither historical nor civic, but rather personal and primal (if even a little juvenile). 1 Futile Devices2 Too Much3 Age of Adz4 I Walked5 Now That I'm Older6 Get Real Get Right7 Bad Communication8 Vesuvius9 All for Myself10 I Want to Be Well11 Impossible Soul Show more