Oct. 6th, 2018
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Oct. 6th, 2018 12:56 pmBeen listening to this great album from 2005. So, here it is in full.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois [Full Album]
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
1. Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois 0:00
2. 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!' 2:09
3. Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) 4:23
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr 11:08
5. Jacksonville 14:28
6. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons 19:52
7. Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! 20:40
8. One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman 23:44
9. Chicago 23:50
10. Casimir Pulaski Day 29:55
11. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament 35:48
12. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts 37:29
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About 43:45
14. A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze 45:57
15. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! 46:16
16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! 51:39
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell 56:49
18. In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth 57:29
19. The Seer's Tower 58:04
20. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier – Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) 01:01:58
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 01:09:01
22. Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run 01:09:48
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois [Full Album]
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
1. Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois 0:00
2. 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!' 2:09
3. Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) 4:23
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr 11:08
5. Jacksonville 14:28
6. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons 19:52
7. Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! 20:40
8. One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman 23:44
9. Chicago 23:50
10. Casimir Pulaski Day 29:55
11. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament 35:48
12. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts 37:29
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About 43:45
14. A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze 45:57
15. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! 46:16
16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! 51:39
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell 56:49
18. In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth 57:29
19. The Seer's Tower 58:04
20. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier – Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) 01:01:58
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 01:09:01
22. Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run 01:09:48