The Greatest Gift (mixtape)

The mixtape received mostly positive reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 71, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.^[1] Pitchfork Media gave the album a score of 7.2 out of 10, stating "Though too scattered to stand alone, the various demos and remixes culled from Carrie & Lowell add new context and dimension to Sufjan Stevens’ masterful album."^[2]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	[2]
The Observer	[3]
Paste	[4]
Clash	8/10[5]
Drowned in Sound	[6]
The Independent	[7]
London Evening Standard[8]	4/5[8]
The Guardian	3/5[9]
Under the Radar	[10]

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All songs written by Sufjan Stevens.

1. "Wallowa Lake Monster" – 6:52
2. "Drawn to the Blood" (Sufjan Stevens Remix) – 5:28
3. "Death with Dignity" (Helado Negro Remix) – 4:08
4. "John My Beloved" (iPhone Demo) – 4:17
5. "Drawn to the Blood" (Fingerpicking Remix) – 2:01
6. "The Greatest Gift" – 1:51
7. "Exploding Whale" (Doveman Remix) – 5:26
8. "All of Me Wants All of You" (Helado Negro Remix) – 3:24
9. "Fourth of July" (900X Remix) – 6:48
10. "The Hidden River of My Life" – 4:04
11. "City of Roses" – 2:14
12. "Carrie & Lowell" (iPhone Demo) – 1:52 – Digital exclusive / Hidden track on CD