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Illinois artist: Sufjan Stevens year: 2005 (r:2005) label: Asthmatic Kitty Records catalog_no: akr 014 country: US discogsID: 4744604 format:
1xCD
tracks:
1: Sufjan Stevens - Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
(2:09)
2: Sufjan Stevens - The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologise 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!" (2:14) 3.1: Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise!: Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition 3.2: Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise!: Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream 4: Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (3:19) 5: Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville (5:24) 6: Sufjan Stevens - A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons (0:47) 7: Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother! (3:03) 8: Sufjan Stevens - One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman (0:06) 9: Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (6:04) 10: Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day (5:54) 11: Sufjan Stevens - To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament (1:40) 12: Sufjan Stevens - The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts (6:17) 13: Sufjan Stevens - Prairie Fire That Wanders About (2:11) 14: Sufjan Stevens - A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze (0:19) 15: Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! (5:23) 16: Sufjan Stevens - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh! (5:09) 17: Sufjan Stevens - Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell (0:40) 18: Sufjan Stevens - In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth (0:35) 19: Sufjan Stevens - The Seer's Tower (3:54) 20.1: Sufjan Stevens - The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Part I: The Great Frontier 20.2: Sufjan Stevens - The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now 21: Sufjan Stevens - Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King Of Swing, To Name A Few (0:46) 22: Sufjan Stevens - Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run (4:21) |
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['Rock', 'Pop', 'Stage & Screen']styles:
['Folk Rock', 'Indie Pop', 'Theme']tags:
['Repress', 'Album', 'Reissue']notes:
Although the official album title is "Illinois", the cover art reads "Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE" ©℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records © 2005 New Jerusalem Music / ASCAP Asthmatic Kitty is distributed by arrangement with Sounds Familyre All songs recorded/engineered/produced by Sufjan Stevens (Fall 2004 - Winter 2005) James McAlister had a lot to do with the way the drums sound because he set up the microphones All arrangements (painstakingly composed) by Sufjan Stevens Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ Manufactured By and Made By credits derived from matrix • Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens) with gratefulness to Kieran Kelly • Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn • The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn • The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights • Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Red Hook, Brooklyn • The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ • The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York City Pressing information: • This is the 2nd US issue of 2005 • Reissue of artwork without Superman on the front cover due to a copyright infringement • This version is a repress from the same glass master (IFPI L483) as the original issue