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Carrie and Lowell

Carrie & Lowell
A weathered photograph of a man and woman with the album title and artist written on the image in white
Studio album by Sufjan Stevens
Released March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)
Recorded Mid-2014
Studio
Genre
Length 43:35
Label Asthmatic Kitty
Producer Thomas Bartlett
Sufjan Stevens chronology
Silver & Gold
(2012)Silver & Gold2012
Carrie & Lowell
(2015)
Carrie & Lowell Live
(2017)Carrie & Lowell Live2017
Singles from Carrie & Lowell
  1. "No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross"
    Released: February 16, 2015
  2. "Should Have Known Better"
    Released: March 11, 2015
  3. "Carrie & Lowell"
    Released: March 17, 2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 90/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club A
The Daily Telegraph 5/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly A−
The Guardian 5/5 stars
The Independent 4/5 stars
NME 9/10
Pitchfork 9.3/10
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
Spin 8/10
Carrie & Lowell Live
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Live album by Sufjan Stevens
Released April 28, 2017 (2017-04-28)
Recorded November 9, 2015
Venue North Charleston Performing Arts Center, South Carolina
Genre Indie rock, indie folk, synth-pop
Length 88:47
Label Asthmatic Kitty
Producer Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens chronology
Carrie & Lowell
(2015)Carrie & Lowell2015
Carrie & Lowell Live
(2017)
Planetarium
(2017)Planetarium2017

Carrie & Lowell is the seventh studio album by American musician Sufjan Stevens, released through Asthmatic Kitty on March 31, 2015. Unlike Stevens's previous studio album, the electronic The Age of Adz, Carrie & Lowell is sparsely instrumental and marks a return to the performer's indie folk roots. The album was given a one-week preview on NPR.

The album was released to high critical acclaim, with many critics calling it Stevens' best.Carrie & Lowell was widely deemed one of the best albums of 2015.

The album title comes from Stevens' personal life, taking the names from his mother Carrie and her second husband Lowell Brams.

The songs on the album were recorded in 2014 at Stevens' office in Dumbo, Brooklyn and Pat Dillett's studio in Midtown Manhattan. Some of the songs were also recorded in Oregon, at Portland's Flora Recording & Playback and on an iPhone in a Klamath Falls hotel room. A few songs were also tracked in Oklahoma, at Norman's Blackwatch Studios, and in Wisconsin, at Eau Claire's April Base Studios. The songs were inspired by the 2012 death of his mother, Carrie, and the family trips they took to Oregon in Stevens' childhood. Stevens' mother, who suffered from depression, schizophrenia, and substance abuse, abandoned him when he was a year old. According to Stevens, recording the album helped him come to terms with her death and provide closure. The album title also references his stepfather, Lowell, who helped co-found Stevens' record company Asthmatic Kitty.


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