''The Greatest Gift'' (styled ''The Greatest Gift Mixtape – Outtakes, Remixes & Demos from Carrie & Lowell'') is a
mixtape
A mixtape (alternatively mix-tape, mix tape or mixed tape) is a compilation of music, typically from multiple sources, recorded onto a medium. With origins in the 1980s, the term normally describes a homemade compilation of music onto a cassette ...
by
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens ( ; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released nine solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nomi ...
consisting of outtakes and unreleased tracks from Stevens' 2015 release, ''
Carrie & Lowell''.
Critical reception
The mixtape received mostly positive reviews upon release. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from
music critic
''The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of mus ...
s, the album has received an
average score of 71, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.
gave the album a score of 7.2 out of 10, stating "Though too scattered to stand alone, the various demos and remixes culled from ''Carrie & Lowell'' add new context and dimension to Sufjan Stevens’ masterful album."
Track listing
All songs written by Sufjan Stevens.
#"Wallowa Lake Monster" – 6:52
#"Drawn to the Blood" (Sufjan Stevens Remix) – 5:28
#"Death with Dignity" (
Helado Negro Remix) – 4:08
#"John My Beloved" (iPhone Demo) – 4:17
#"Drawn to the Blood" (Fingerpicking Remix) – 2:01
#"The Greatest Gift" – 1:51
#"Exploding Whale" (Doveman Remix) – 5:26
#"All of Me Wants All of You" (Helado Negro Remix) – 3:24
#"Fourth of July" (900X Remix) – 6:48
#"The Hidden River of My Life" – 4:04
#"City of Roses" – 2:14
#"Carrie & Lowell" (iPhone Demo) – 1:52 – Digital exclusive / Hidden track on CD
Charts
References
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Sufjan Stevens albums
2017 mixtape albums
Albums produced by Sufjan Stevens
Asthmatic Kitty albums