A Beginner's Mind

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All tracks are written by Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine, except where noted.

A Beginner's Mind
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)
Genre
Length45:27
Label Asthmatic Kitty
Producer
  • Angelo De Augustine
  • Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens chronology
Convocations
(2021)
A Beginner's Mind
(2021)
Reflections
(2023)
Angelo De Augustine chronology
Tomb
(2019)
A Beginner's Mind
(2021)
Toil and Trouble
(2023)
A Beginner's Mind track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Film inspirationLength
1."Reach Out"  Wings of Desire 3:43
2."Lady Macbeth in Chains"  All About Eve 3:42
3."Back to Oz"  Return to Oz 4:12
4."The Pillar of Souls"  Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth 3:10
5."You Give Death a Bad Name"  Night of the Living Dead 4:07
6."Beginner's Mind"De Augustine Point Break 2:15
7."Olympus"  Clash of the Titans 3:07
8."Murder and Crime"  Mad Max 3:30
9."(This Is) The Thing"Stevens The Thing 2:48
10."It's Your Own Body and Mind"Stevens She's Gotta Have It 2:27
11."Lost in the World"De Augustine The Last Wave 3:10
12."Fictional California"  Bring It On Again 2:50
13."Cimmerian Shade"  The Silence of the Lambs 4:19
14."Lacrimae"De AugustineLacrimae Rerum2:07
Total length:45:27

List of films taken from Asthmatic Kitty's Instagram page. [18]

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for A Beginner's Mind
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 78
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 77
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 91
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [24] 8
US Billboard 200 [25] 115
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [26] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [27] 13
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [28] 12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [29] 17

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