Im loving The music and how he use so many classical instruments and the way that the tracks that are only instrumental transmit exactly What he wants. But lyrics wise i feel like idont enjoy or even appreciate them as much because there is so many references that i dont get (in spite of reading about each track)
In summary i think that its a very good album that i probably dont appreciate as i should.
2x 12" Vinyl
Illinois
Album by Sufjan Stevens
Released 4 July 2005
Tracklist
- 12" Vinyl 1
- 1Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois4.2 ★
- 2THE BLACK HAWK WAR, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, "I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight…3.5 ★
- 3Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream4.4 ★
- 4John Wayne Gacy, Jr.4.7 ★
- 5Jacksonville4.3 ★
- 6A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons3.8 ★
- 7Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!4.5 ★
- 8One Last “Whoo‐Hoo!” for the Pullman!!3.0 ★
- 9Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!4.3 ★
- 10Casimir Pulaski Day4.5 ★
- 11To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves Tube Socks, a Paper Airplane, and Twenty‐two Able‐bodied Men.3.8 ★
- 12" Vinyl 2
- 1The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts3.9 ★
- 2Prairie Fire That Wanders About3.7 ★
- 3A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze3.1 ★
- 4The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!4.3 ★
- 5They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh!4.1 ★
- 6Let’s Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don’t Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bloomington‐normal3.7 ★
- 7In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth3.3 ★
- 8The Seer’s Tower3.7 ★
- 9The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders, Part I: The Great Frontier, Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now3.8 ★
- 10Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few3.6 ★
- 11Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals as I Run4.0 ★
- 12The Avalanche2.9 ★
More by Sufjan Stevens
Release credits
- choir vocals [2.1, 2.5, 2.9, 1.2, 1.9]
- vocal [5]
- background vocals [7], handclaps [7]
- background vocals [7], handclaps [7]
- choir vocals [1.2, 1.9, 2.1, 2.5, 2.9]
- violin [1.3, 1.5-6, 1.9, 2.5, 2.9]
- background vocals [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8-9, 2.12], choir vocals [2.1, 2.5, 2.9, 1.2, 1.9]
- cello [2.5, 2.9, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.9]
- viola [2.5, 2.9, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.9]
- background vocals [7]
- violin [1.3, 1.5-6, 1.9, 2.5, 2.9]
- background vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.8-9, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.10]
- engineer [2.1-11, 1.1-11], performer [12], producer [2.1-11, 1.1-11], recording [2.1-11, 1.1-11]
- choir vocals [1.2, 1.9, 2.1, 2.5, 2.9]
- choir vocals [2.1, 2.5, 2.9, 1.2, 1.9]
Issues
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ICD4 July 2005
ICD (balloons cover)5 July 2005- ICD5 July 2005
IDigital Media (iTunes bonus track version)5 July 2005
IDigital Media5 July 2005
ICD (Superman cover)5 July 2005
ICD (balloons cover)5 July 2005
IDigital Media5 July 2005- I2x 12" Vinyl22 November 2005
ICD2005
ICD (Superman cover)2005
I3x 12" Vinyl (10th anniversary Blue Marvel edition, limited edition of 10,000 copies)1 April 2016- C