Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Year2006

CountryUS

LabelAsthmatic Kitty RecordsAKR 014Sounds Familyre

TypeAlbum

Format2×LP Reissue

GenrePop Rock Stage & Screen

StyleFolk Rock Indie Pop Theme

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Side A

A1Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois

A2The 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!"

A4John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

A5Jacksonville

A6A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons

Side B

B7Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!

B8One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman

B9Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!

B10Casimir Pulaski Day

B11To 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

Side C

C12The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts

C13Prairie Fire That Wanders About

C14A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze

C15The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!

C16They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!

C17Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bloomington-Normal

C18In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth

Side D

D19The Seer's Tower

D21Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King Of Swing, To Name A Few

D22Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run

D23The Avalanche

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

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