St Vincent Albums Ranked

Annie Erin Clark (born September 28, 1982), known professionally as St. Vincent, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. She began her music career as a member of the Polyphonic Spree. She was also a member of Sufjan Stevens’s touring band before forming her own band in 2006. Her debut album is Marry Me (2007), followed by Actor (2009), Strange Mercy (2011), St. Vincent (2014), Masseduction (2017) and Daddy’s Home (2021). Her fourth solo album, St. Vincent, was released in 2014 and was named album of the year by The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, NME, and Slant, as well as second best album of the year by Time. The album won her a Grammy for Best Alternative Album, her first Grammy Award. She was the first solo female performer in 20 years to win a Grammy in that category. In 2018, St. Vincent was included twice in NPR’s “200 Greatest songs by 21st Century Women”: at number 181 with “Digital Witness” and at number 38 with “Cruel”. Strange Mercy was among Pitchfork’s 200 Best Albums of the 2010s, ranking at number 55.St. Vincent ranked number 65 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of the 2010s. Masseduction, Clark’s fifth studio album, released in 2017, earned her Best Rock Song and Best Recordings Package at the Grammys, where she also performed alongside Dua Lipa for a mashup performance of their respective Grammy-nominated songs ‘Masseduction’ and ‘One Kiss.’ Here are all of St Vincent albums ranked.

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7. Daddy’s Home, 2021

“It’s obvious by now that Annie Clark trusts deeply in her senses to make music and loves to take big turns. Daddy’s Home flows through different sets of sounds in unexpected moments with surprisingly good chunks of soul and psychedelic rock.”

6. MassEducation, 2018

“Quite a few of these songs aren’t really done justice by these stripped down piano dominated arrangements so it’s sorta hard to say what the point of this release is. Annie’s talent as both a singer and songwriter ultimately shines through but this project still strikes me as unnecessary and somewhat misguided.”

5. Marry Me, 2007

“Annie Clark’s debut seems to be drawing a lot of comparisons to Kate Bush, which is fair (from what little I’ve heard of Bush’s) but a lot of the debts she owes here seem to be coming back to Randy Newman in my opinion. The wry, occasionally sniping humor found here along with Clark’s use of piano really does remind me of Newman, although her arrangements are most definitely lusher than a lot of his, not to mention Miss Clark’s vocals blow his out of the water.”

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4. Actor, 2009

“Annie Clark has managed to create something really interesting. Listening to this album (plus Stranger Mercy and Krokodil Ep) is an unique experience ’cause Annie created a perfect balance between ugliness and beauty. There are some melodies and arrangements that are pretty Disney-esque, but at same time we can hear some odd riffs with muddy/drone-y tones – The Neighbours or Black Rainbow are good examples of what I´m trying to mean.”

3. MASSEDUCTION, 2017

“Passionate, strong, and vulnerable all at the same time. Annie pours her emotions into each and every track, and the only thing holding the record back in my opinion is some pretty drastic tonal shifts between songs. Even despite this the tracks are all killer, making this a synth pop essential.”

2. Strange Mercy, 2011

“St. Vincent’s Strange Mercy is the kind of album that makes me hopeful for the possibilities of indie pop/rock again. Annie Clark isn’t interested in gimmicks or style changes or publicity stunts, but instead just being true to herself. The evolution of her musical prowess throughout her past three albums is easy to follow and clear. In fact, many of the same things that have always been a part of St. Vincent’s music find a place in Strange Mercy: The big beats, the distorted electric guitars, and the delicately delivered vocals. That’s why its even more impressive to say that Strange Mercy is anything but predictable.”

1. St. Vincent, 2014

“Above all, this music has sophistication and it’s full of left turns. I love the whole band performance aspect of the sound, that imbues this music with so much life and character. Annie Clark is really a five tool player: rhythm, harmony, melody, voice, instrumentals. Every song has a standout characteristic, be it interesting chords, unexpected bursts of synth, quintuple harmonized guitar leads, etc. Easily one of the best of the 2010s, blows mbdtf completely out of the water.”