Bon IverBest Bon Iver Albums Ranked

22, A Million

loudandquiet

10

“On the face of it, ‘22, A Million’ appears precision engineered to alienate all the couples who became Bon Iver fans when their wedding photographer picked ‘Holocene’ to soundtrack the Facebook video montage of their happy day. The unpronounceable track listing and cut’n’paste lyrics, the densely autotuned vocals and fractured production: it all contributes to a tableau of “piss off” – of delibera”

22, A Million

thelineofbestfit

10

“​Bon Iver’s 22, A Million captures personal crisis and resolution better than any album this century”

Bon Iver, Bon Iver

pitchfork

9.5

“Justin's Vernon's project started out low-key and largely solo but has grown into an expansive and ambitious full-band affair with brilliant results.”

i,i

loudandquiet

9.0

“There’s something in the kitsch quote, familiar only to meandering relationships and over-dramatised television, that strikes a little pertinence in the last decade’s worth of Justin Vernon’s music, at least – “it’s not what you said, it’s the way you said it!” It’s the lucidity that’s given him a free run-and-jump at inventing his own language; how he justified being both “fuckified” and the “Ast”

22, A Million

pitchfork

9.0

“Bon Iver’s first album in five years takes an unexpected turn toward the strange and experimental. But behind the arranged glitches and processed voices are deeply felt songs about uncertainty.”

i,i

pitchfork

8.8

“On his fourth album, Justin Vernon reassembles the familiar Bon Iver elements like a cubist collage, with his voice fearlessly front and center. The result is his most honest and forthright music ever.”

Bon Iver, Bon Iver

ben

10

“I could listen to this a hundred times straight. Never gets old. Idk how he made sounds so beautiful.”