Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

9.9

boundless, Illinoisia, off-kilter, progressions, joyous

Standouts:

"Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois"

"Chicago"

"The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us!"

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

8.9

passing by, shroud, love prayer, remembrance, Oregon air

Standouts:

"Death with Dignity"

"All of Me Wants All of You"

"Blue Bucket of Gold"

Coldplay - Parachutes

9.4

worrisome, trust, devotion, skies, a warm pair of arms

Standouts:

"Don't Panic"

"Sparks"

"Everything's Not Lost"

Drake - Take Care

9.1

extravagant, soft, proved wrong, crew, scared of what's inside

Standouts:

"Take Care"

"Marvins Room"

"Over My Dead Body"

Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat

8.3

cloudy, breath of life, shadowy, elegiac, flowy

Standouts:

"Cover the Long Way"

"Vital"

"The Man Who Died in His Boat"

Patti Smith - Horses

8.6

self-expression, goin' to the beat, free spirit, urbane, heavens opened

Standouts:

"Birdland"

"Kimberly"
"Land"

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

8.4

down in the dumps, drifter, stony, rumbling on, open road ahead

Standouts:

"Like a Rolling Stone"

"Desolation Row"

"Queen Jane Approximately"

The Beatles - Let It Be

8.4

conclusion, self-concern, do not go gently, apart, full circle

Standouts:

"Let it Be"

"Across the Universe"

"The Long and Winding Road"