Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Vinyl 2LP

Name: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Vinyl 2LP
Brand: Finer Sounds
SKU: FSLP-487
Price: 31.98 USD
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LABEL: Asthmatic Kitty Records | FILE UNDER: Folk / Soft Rock
FOR FANS OF: Angelo De Augustine, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes

$31.98

Asthmatic Kitty announces the second installment of Sufjan Stevens' 50 State Project, llinois, a 22-track anthematic tone poem to The Prairie State. Following the 2003 collection of songs for his home state, "Michigan," Stevens presents an emphatic answer to the question: Can a songwriter express the spirit of a state he's never called home? With his most enterprising project to date - the result of extensive research, travel, meditation, and countless days and nights in the studio - admirers of his previous work and first time listeners will agree that the answer is yes.

On this second state tour, Sufjan weaves variegated musical styles (jazz, funk, pop) and instrumental textures (from oboe to church organ) into a tapestry of persons famous, infamous, and anonymous, and places iconic, obscure, and ghostly.The musical road trip takes you through ghost towns, grain mills, hospital rooms, and the City of Broad Shoulders, with guest appearances by a poet, a president, and a serial murderer, to name a few.

PRODUCT DETAILS

FORMAT: 2xLP
ARTIST: Sufjan Stevens
TITLE: Illinois
LABEL: Asthmatic Kitty Records
CATALOG NUMBER: AKR 014
GENRE: Folk / Soft Rock
SUB-GENRES: Folk Rock
RELEASE YEAR: 2005
UPC: 656605892610
CONDITION: New

TRACKLIST

01. Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
02. The 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!"
03. Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
04. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
05. Jacksonville
06. A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
07. Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
08. One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman
09. Chicago
10. Casimir Pulaski Day
11. To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament
12. The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14. A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze
15. The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell
18. In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth
19. The Seer's Tower
20. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
21. 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
22. Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run
23. The Avalanche