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 Vincent_ 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.

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