Illinois

Sufjan Stevens
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	Track	Duration	Listeners
1	Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL	2:08	51,046
2	The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good…	2:14	49,259
2	The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts	6:15	166,995
3	Come On! Feel the Illinoise! - Part 1: The World's Columbian Exposition, Part 2:…	6:45	3,899
3	The Seer's Tower	3:53	154,187
4	Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals…	4:20	93,927
4	John Wayne Gacy, Jr.	3:19	170,748
5	Jacksonville	5:25	187,992
6	A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons	0:47	126,377
6	They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!!…	5:08	37,731
7	Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong,…	0:46	80,061
7	Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!	3:03	42,329
8	One Last "Woo-Hoo!" for the Pullman	0:06	2,067
9	Chicago	6:03	251,754
10	The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders - Part 1: The Great Frontier, Part 2: Come…	7:03	3,535
10	Casimir Pulaski Day	5:52	211,415
11	To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your…	1:40	11,962
11	In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man, for Whom He Saved the Earth	0:35	33,472
12	Prairie Fire That Wanders About	2:10	150,137
13	Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way…	0:40	98,109
14	A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an…	0:19	9,734
15	The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!	5:21	124,043

About this album

Illinoise is a 2005 concept album by American songwriter Sufjan Stevens, with songs referencing places and people related to the U.S. state of Illinois. It is his second album based on a U.S. state, the first being his 2003 album Michigan.

Critics have widely acclaimed Illinoise, and the album was included on many “Best of 2005” lists in the Internet and print media. The website Metacritic, which compiles reviews, ranks Illinois as the best-reviewed album of 2005. That year, it was ranked “Album of the Year” by Pitchfork, Amazon. com’s editors, Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Willman, and The Los Angeles Times’ Richard Cromelin, among others.

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fischerprice wrote:
Saturday afternoon

masterpiece.

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tommyhobbs wrote:
last week

Chicago is my favourite Sufjan Stevens song.

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elena_lay wrote:
last week

<3

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colorradio wrote:
11 days ago

!!

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TheHochhaus wrote:
25 days ago

pure gold.

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passport90 wrote:
last month

masterpiece

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gcandela wrote:
last month

I just found the None Shall Pass remix...I am disappointed in myself for not finding the Illinoize album sooner.

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fishniw wrote:
last month

this is honestly what living in illinois sounds like

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hotterthanjuly wrote:
September 2009

Not exactly. It's brilliant, but it's still overstuffed.

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nickplowman wrote:
September 2009

Right?!

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MrUniversalMind wrote:
August 2009

God Illinois is such a masterpiece.

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mtchmtch wrote:
August 2009

I do have the superman-cover... like hotterthanjuly: I wonder how much it's worth in 2009. (not that i'll sell it of course)

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TheHochhaus wrote:
June 2009

this album is so perfect. i love it.

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lrreplaceable_ wrote:
June 2009

I'm not familiar with his music but this is such a great album.

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heyitsadam wrote:
June 2009

http://toomuchhappiness.com/album_review/come-on-feel-the-illinoize-the-tor-sufjan-stevens-remixes Sufjan Remixes by Tor.

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ahalP wrote:
May 2009

I came into this album thinking it would be overrated in comparison to all the positive reception, but wow, its stunning

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KHalpin83 wrote:
April 2009

This album will always be beyond reproach for me. It holds so many good memories from the summer it was released....and it introduced me to Sufjan, so I'll always love it. Seriously, I hope somebody plays "Decatur" at my funeral someday. What a breezy, carefree song to go out on.

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Starless_night wrote:
April 2009

I actually don't like any of the songs individually off this album but when I listen from start to finish it's genius.

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hotterthanjuly wrote:
April 2009

It is overrated. Sufjan has the tendency to overcook things. Illinois is more fleshed out and elaborate than it needs to. Which is why Seven Swans is better.

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RichtjeN wrote:
April 2009

He's just great.

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