About the artist
Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Detroit, Michigan, known for a wide-ranging body of work that spans intimate folk songwriting, orchestral arrangements and electronic experimentation. He co-founded the independent label Asthmatic Kitty with his stepfather, which has released much of his output since the early 2000s.
He rose to wider prominence with his 2005 album «Illinois», an ambitiously orchestrated song cycle exploring the history and folklore of that state, which brought him critical acclaim and a devoted following. His catalog ranges from the stripped-down, banjo-driven «Seven Swans» to the electronic maximalism of «The Age of Adz» and the hushed grief of «Carrie & Lowell», widely regarded as one of his most personal records.
Stevens has also worked extensively in film and dance, most notably contributing several songs — including «Mystery of Love» and «Visions of Gideon» — to Luca Guadagnino's film «Call Me by Your Name», and collaborating with choreographer Justin Peck on multiple ballet scores. Known for his prolific output and stylistic restlessness, he remains one of the most distinctive voices in American independent music.
Popular tracks
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Mystery of Love
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Fourth of July
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Should Have Known Better
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Visions of Gideon
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Death with Dignity
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CASIMIR PULASKI DAY
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The Only Thing
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All of Me Wants All of You
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John My Beloved
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Futile Devices
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The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
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John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
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No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross
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Chicago
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Eugene
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Drawn to the Blood
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Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
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Carrie & Lowell
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Blue Bucket of Gold
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To Be Alone with You
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Impossible Soul
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Jacksonville
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Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
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For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
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They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
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Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
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Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
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Age of Adz
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Vesuvius
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So You Are Tired
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America
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The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
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Goodbye Evergreen
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I Want to Be Well
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Romulus
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THE BLACK HAWK WAR, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, “I have fought the Big Knives and will continue to fight…”
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Shit Talk
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All for Myself
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My Rajneesh
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Wallowa Lake Monster
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Tonya Harding (in D major)
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Futile Devices (Doveman Remix)
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THE SEER’S TOWER
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The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
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The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
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The Ascension
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All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands
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A Running Start
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Video Game
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The Dress Looks Nice on You
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The Owl and the Tanager
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Reach Out
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Back to Oz
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Seven Swans
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Cimmerian Shade
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All Delighted People (Original Version)
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I Walked
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Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
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My Red Little Fox
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Mercury
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Vito’s Ordination Song
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The Hidden River of My Life
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Venus
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Now That I’m Older
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Too Much
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Everything That Rises
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To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves an Inner Tube, Bath Mats, and 21 Able-bodied Men.
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City of Roses
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Javelin (To Have and to Hold)
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Genuflecting Ghost
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
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Neptune
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Jupiter
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Tell Me You Love Me
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PRAIRIE FIRE THAT WANDERS ABOUT
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Out of EGYPT, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I shake the dirt from my sandals as I run
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The Greatest Gift
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Size Too Small
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Olympus
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Ativan
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Make Me an Offer I Cannot Refuse
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Holland
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Djohariah
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Get Real Get Right
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Run Away with Me
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The Transfiguration
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There’s a World
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Fourth of July - Live
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Sister
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Sister Winter
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Sugar
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You Give Death a Bad Name
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Oh Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
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One Last “Whoo-hoo!” for the Pullman
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The Upper Peninsula
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In the Devil’s Territory
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Lady Macbeth in Chains
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A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the GREAT GODFREY MAZE
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Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
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Discography
Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)
2025
Javelin (Rough Trade Exclusive Edition)
2023
Javelin
2023
Reflections
2023
Fourth of July
2022
A Beginner’s Mind
2021
Convocations
2021
Incantations
2021
Celebrations
2021
Revelations
2021
Lamentations
2021
Meditations
2021
The Ascension
2020
America
2020
Aporia
2020
The Decalogue
2019
Love Yourself / With My Whole Heart
2019
Lonely Man of Winter
2018
Mystery of Love
2018
Tonya Harding
2017
The Greatest Gift Mixtape – Outtakes, Remixes & Demos from Carrie & Lowell
2017
Planetarium
2017
Carrie & Lowell Live
2017
Exploding Whale
2015
Carrie & Lowell
2015
Chopped and Scrooged
2012
Silver & Gold
2012
Hit & Run Vol. 1
2012
Christmas Unicorn: Songs for Christmas - Vol. X
2012
The Age of Adz
2010
All Delighted People
2010
The BQE
2009
Let It Snow: Songs for Christmas - Vol. IX
2009
Christmas Infinity Voyage: Songs For Christmas - Vol. VIII
2008
Songs for Christmas Volume 8: Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas Infinity Voyage
2008
I Am Santa’s Helper: Songs For Christmas - Vol. VII
2007
Gloria: Songs For Christmas - Vol. VI
2006
Songs for Christmas
2006
The Avalanche
2006
Peace - Songs for Christmas - Vol. V
2006
Illinois
2005
Joy - Songs for Christmas - Vol. IV
2005
Seven Swans
2004
Seven Swans Bonus 7"
2004
The Dress Looks Nice on You
2004
Michigan (Vinyl Version)
2003
Michigan
2003
Ding! Dong! Songs for Christmas - Vol. III
2003
Hark!: Songs for Christmas - Vol. II
2002
Enjoy Your Rabbit
2001
Noel: Songs For Christmas - Vol. I
2001
A Sun Came!
2000