Transfiguration of Vincent (2024 Reissue)

In 2003, everything broke open for Ward with the release of Transfiguration of Vincent. Critically lauded and long beloved, Pitchfork hailed it as an album that “broadcasts timelessness and defies genre constraints,” and Slant placed it on their list of the best albums of the 2000s. On Transfiguration of Vincent, Ward’s elegant fingerpicking, evocative croon, and heartrending lyricism came into full bloom, casting a spell so powerful that even a song as universal as David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” felt not only new but irrevocably his. One of the most cherished albums in the Merge catalog, Transfiguration of Vin- cent is both a great place to begin your love affair with M. Ward and a deep, stunningly realized work that listeners have returned to over and over again for 20 years.

Released: January 2023
Cat: MRG223
Label: Merge

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Tracklist

1. Transfiguration No. 1
2. Vincent O’Brien
3. Sad, Sad Song
4. Undertaker
5. Duet for Guitars No. 3
6. Outta My Head
7. Involuntary

SIDE B

8. Helicopter
9. Poor Boy, Minor Key
10. Fool Says
11. Get to the Table on Time
12. A Voice at the End of the Line
13. Dead Man
14. Let’s Dance
15. Transfiguration No. 2