CD (Superman cover)
Illinois
Album by Sufjan Stevens
Released 4 July 2005
Tracklist
- 1Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois4.3 ★
- 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 Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!”3.4 ★
- 3Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream4.7 ★
- 4John Wayne Gacy, Jr.4.8 ★
- 5Jacksonville4.4 ★
- 6A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons4.0 ★
- 7Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!4.7 ★
- 8One Last “Whoo‐Hoo!” for the Pullman2.9 ★
- 9Chicago4.4 ★
- 10Casimir Pulaski Day4.6 ★
- 11To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament3.8 ★
- 12The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts3.9 ★
- 13Prairie Fire That Wanders About4.0 ★
- 14A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze2.9 ★
- 15The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!4.4 ★
- 16They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh!4.1 ★
- 17Let’s Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don’t Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell3.5 ★
- 18In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth3.0 ★
- 19The Seer’s Tower3.8 ★
- 20The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now4.0 ★
- 21Riffs 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 ★
- 22Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals as I Run4.5 ★
- 23The Ava Lanche2.9 ★
More by Sufjan Stevens
Release credits
- choir vocals [2, 9, 12, 16, 20]
- vocal [16]
- background vocals [7], handclaps [7]
- background vocals [7], handclaps [7]
- choir vocals [2, 9, 12, 16, 20]
- violin [3, 5-6, 9, 16, 20]
- background vocals [1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 19-20, 23], choir vocals [2, 9, 12, 16, 20]
- cello [3, 5-6, 9, 16, 20]
- viola [3, 5-6, 9, 16, 20]
- background vocals [7]
- violin [3, 5-6, 9, 16, 20]
- background vocals [1, 3-4, 10, 13, 15, 19-20, 23]
- engineer [1-22], performer [23], producer [1-22], recording [1-22]
- choir vocals [2, 9, 12, 16, 20]
- choir vocals [2, 9, 12, 16, 20]
Issues
I
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