The BQE
by
Sufjan Stevens
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Oct 20 2009

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  • Oct 20 2009

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5 stars Thankyou, Sufjan
Sufjan Steven's "The BQE" is a fantastic, cinematic experience. Do not be tentative to embrace this music solely because it is predominantly instrumental. Yes, the film lends visual direction to the music, but the music stands strongly on its own. The compositions are energetic and well orchestrated. The music is larger and more bombastic than some of Sufjan's softer, indie folk songs, but the subject necessitates the size. None of the movements are particularly abstract, so I doubt even fans wh…
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1 stars Sufjan is a Good Songwriter Who Should Stick to Songs
Sufjan Stevens is a great songwriter. I love his songs. That said, he should stick to his songwriting career. I think he received a lot of praise for his writing for orchestral instrumentation on his songs & decided to go out on a limb & do an entire album of "symphonic" music. This is dull, flat, and boring. It was disappointing. I sold my copy, but will continue to listen to his other albums. Hopefully he will either go back to songwriting, or take some lessons in scoring for a major orchestra before he attempts anything like this again.
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Track listing Edit

  • CD 1

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    1
    Prelude on the Esplanade
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    2
    Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes
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    3
    Movement I In the Countenance of Kings
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    4
    Movement II Sleeping Invader
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    5
    Interlude I Dream Sequence in Subi Circumnavigation
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    6
    Movement III Linear Tableau with Intersecting Surprise
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    7
    Movement IV Traffic Shock
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    8
    Movement V Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns
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    9
    Interlude II Subi Power Waltz
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    10
    Interlude III Invisible Accidents
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    11
    Movement VI Isorhythmic Night Dance with Interchanges
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    12
    Movement VII (Finale) The Emperor of Centrifuge
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    13
    Postlude Critical Mass
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