| Tramp | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Sharon Van Etten |
| Cover: | Tramp cover.png |
| Released: | February 7, 2012 |
| Recorded: | Aaron Dessner's garage studio,[1] New York City |
| Genre: | Indie folk |
| Length: | 46:19 |
| Label: | Jagjaguwar |
| Producer: | Aaron Dessner |
| Prev Title: | Epic |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Are We There |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Tramp is the third album by American singer–songwriter Sharon Van Etten, released on February 7, 2012.[2]
For the recording, Sharon collaborated with Zach Condon, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, Julianna Barwick, Walkmen's Matt Barrick, Thomas Bartlett, and Aaron Dessner.[3] Dessner also produced the album and provided the studio.
The first track to be released as a single was "Serpents",[4] featuring Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Barwick, Wasner, and Bartlett.[5]
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Tramp received an average score of 81, based on 31 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Reviewer Thom Jurek of AllMusic said that although the album contained "great beauty", Van Etten "skirts the edges of giving us a great album without actually delivering one" and noted that "Tramp doesn't quite fulfill its considerable promise."
Tramp debuted at number 75 on the Billboard 200.
The album was listed 42nd on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012.[6]
All songs written by Sharon Van Etten.