All Born Screaming

I saw St. Vincent twice on the All Born Screaming tour and I really connected with this album. Her live performances are just so, present? Like she commands the stage and I loved every second of it.l It's surprising St. Vincent isn't on the original list since she is fantastic and deserves to be listened to. Now would I have gone with this album? Probably not. Masseducation I would have. Now, the new edition of the book is coming out and it's confirmed that this album will be in the next edition so props to the submitter for nailing it. I honestly wasn't expecting it but hey, I won't complain. My personal rating: 5/5 My rating relative to the list: 5/5 Should this have been included on the original list? Yes, but not this one.

This is my first St Vincent album (though I was aware of her prior) and I'm a little bit surprised, I expected this to be a bit artsier, but this is actually quite danceable, and seems to take a lot of inspiration from 80s new wave rock music. There's an undercurrent of industrial and dance on these tracks, personally I prefer it when the songs are heavier and rockier, but there's good pop hooks here which pulls all the genres together quite nicely. She performs quite a lot of stuff on the album, so she's clearly very talented. I'm surprised Dimery wasn't all over her earlier, a talented multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter that peforms primarily rock music? He loves that! Should it be in the list: A moot point since it's going to be included in the 2026 edition of the book. I think St. Vincent deserves something but I don't know if this should be the one, it reads like the creator righting past wrongs. Top 3 songs: Broken Man, Flea, Violent Times

All Born Screaming is one of the many great art rock albums by St. Vincent. Not my preferred choice from her records (that would be Masseduction), but a great choice anyway. "Broken Man" and "Flea" are my favorite tracks.

A name I've heard a lot but not listened to before. I thought this was very good. Forceful music supporting a strong, confident vocalist. The level of talent attracted as collaborators obviously helps a lot.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Hell is near, Big time nothing, All born screaming

I've heard some St. Vincent songs here and there but never listened to an album start to finish. I'm glad I did, because this is very good. 4 stars.

Takes itself very seriously, but not especially memorable. From a long line of oddball female artists, but without the touch of genius that Kate Bush, Björk, or Tori Amos would have brought.

In the same boat as the current top review - heard of St. Vincent before but haven't listened to her, thought it would be artsier. Don't usually fuck with modern synth-heavy dance music, but this was pretty good. Enjoyed the slight industrial tinge.

As good as it was 2 years ago

Ok. But unremarkable.

St. Vincent is badass to somebody and I am glad for them

Was familiar with this album when it came out, I don’t think it’s her best, but there is definitely room on the list for St. Vincent

A solid 3/5, I’d give this one another go and see if that initial rating improves.

All Born Screaming is a decent listen, creative and sullen but with some power running underneath it. Definitely too new to be on here but I liked more of it than not, gets it a 3/5, The Power's Out my favourite track.

Not very memorable