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. Dessner also produced the album and provided the studio. The first track to be released as a single was "Serpents",First Listen: Sharon Van Etten, 'Tramp'
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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Tramp'' received an average score of 81, based on 31 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Reviewer Thom Jurek of

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said that although the album contained "great beauty", Van Etten "skirts the edges of giving us a great album without actually delivering one" and noted that "''Tramp'' doesn't quite fulfill its considerable promise." ''Tramp'' debuted at number 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was listed 42nd on

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's list of top 50 albums of 2012.

Track listing

All songs written by Sharon Van Etten.

Musicians

* Sharon Van Etten - Vocals (1-12), Guitar (1-7,10-12), Harmonium (5,10), Ukulele (8), Organ (9) * Matt Barrick - Drums (1,3,5,6,8,9) * Thomas Bartlett - Keys (3,12), Rhodes (6), Piano (8,10) * Julianna Barwick - Vocals (4,11) * Logan Coale - Double Bass (5) * Zach Condon - Vocals (8,9) * Aaron Dessner - Guitar (1,2,5,7,10,12), Bass (1,3,4,7,8,10,11), Keys (1,4,7-9,11,12), Drums (2,10), Slide Guitar (3), Electric Guitar (4,8), Drum Machine (4), Piano (5,7,9), Shaker (5), Guitar Feedback (11), Glockenspiel (11), Percussion (11), Orchestration (12) * Bryce Dessner - Ebo Guitar (3,11), Bowed Guitar (7), Orchestration (7,8,12) * Bryan Devendorf - Drums (7,10) * Clarice Jensen - Cello (8,12) * Doug Keith - Bass (6), Guitar (7) * Benjamin Lanz - Trombone (7,11) * Ben Lord - Drums (11) * Rob Moose - Violin (5,8,12), Orchestration (5), Mandolin (5), Viola (8) * Jenn Wasner - Vocals (3,6)

References

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