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- Posted: 02/17/2017 21:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#2272): Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
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Today's album of the day
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2005.
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Overall rank: 59
Average rating: 86/100 (from 1125 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
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!
3. Come On! Feel The Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream)
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
5. Jacksonville
6. A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
7. Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
8. One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' For The Pullman
9. 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
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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slurpdurp
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- Posted: 02/17/2017 21:06
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One of my all-time favorites. Usually, I'm not a fan of long albums, but this one is excellent and really holds my attention because of the high quality of songs. "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois" and "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." are my favorite songs. I play those ones over and over. "Chicago", "Casimir Pulaski Day", and "The Predatory Wasps" are also fantastic. Every track is well composed and arranged, but those are my favorite five.
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- Posted: 02/17/2017 23:05
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I like how so many people have gravitated towards this album over the years. I remember on the first listen it barely scratched the top 100 nearly 4 years ago, now it's on its way to the top 50. This messes with my mind quite a bit, but you don't need to be concerned with that right now. Anyway, great album.
also "ay I'm frum Che-kargo"
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- Posted: 02/18/2017 15:45
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Years (...decades...) later, I almost forget how long this took to grow on me. I started off listening to this as "background music" at work 'til I couldn't keep it in the background anymore. Then I listened to it religiously and it became one of those experiences that completely revitalized my love of music and my faith that there will always be something made by someone somewhere that will always be able to remind you that music is one of the best things about being a person. Now, It has a permanent spot in my personal top five (I think. Until the next Illinois comes along.)
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- Posted: 02/18/2017 17:39
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Have had it since its release but much preferred his later output especially The Age Of Adz & Carrie & Lowell.
Plus, I remember reading somewhere that it is one of George Osborne's [UK Tory ex-chancellor] favourite albums... Definite loss of coolness factor 
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jhuik
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- Posted: 02/18/2017 18:18
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| SleepDealer wrote: | Have had it since its release but much preferred his later output especially The Age Of Adz & Carrie & Lowell.
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Am I the only Sufjan fan who HATES Age of Adz? I do not understand that album's appeal and I still think of it as a huge misstep.
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Hayden
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- Posted: 02/18/2017 20:42
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| jhuik wrote: | | SleepDealer wrote: | Have had it since its release but much preferred his later output especially The Age Of Adz & Carrie & Lowell.
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Am I the only Sufjan fan who HATES Age of Adz? I do not understand that album's appeal and I still think of it as a huge misstep. |
Nope, I agree. I think Age of Adz is undoubtably a misstep. I almost never go back to it apart from Impossible Soul.
Anyway, we just had the album party discussion about this album, so I won't put anything else here. Brilliant album of course.
(Also, I should add, if anyone wants this on vinyl, Amazon Canada has a pretty decent bargain on it right now).
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craola
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- Posted: 02/18/2017 20:48
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| jhuik wrote: | | SleepDealer wrote: | Have had it since its release but much preferred his later output especially The Age Of Adz & Carrie & Lowell.
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Am I the only Sufjan fan who HATES Age of Adz? I do not understand that album's appeal and I still think of it as a huge misstep. |
yeah, you're not alone. that's a common conception within sufjan's fanbase. i've also heard from a number of sufjan super-fans that 'you needed to see it live to understand it'.
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- Posted: 02/18/2017 21:41
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It is very nice, but it is a weaker effort than the similarly styled Michigan and well short of his epic adventures on Enjoy Your Rabbit.
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- Posted: 02/19/2017 10:03
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Sufjan Stevens is a strange one. I never seem to hold his albums in very high regard but then I listen to them and they contain moments of immaculate beauty.
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