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- #1
- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#853): 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.
Country: 
Overall rank: 98
Average rating: 83/100 (from 376 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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- #2
- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:03
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Brilliant album. Sufjan's best work, hands down. (though I do enjoy all his albums for the most part)
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- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:05
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I know it's supposed to be cute, but the song titles are just annoying. As for the actual music, I haven't listened to this particular album, but I haven't really liked anything else of his that I've heard, so I'm guessing I wouldn't get much out of this one, either.
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- #4
- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:05
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I love this album. So does everyone else.
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- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:05
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| lethalnezzle wrote: | | I love this album. So does everyone else. |
right 
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- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:06
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Just today I was walking home from school and went past HMV which is open 5 more days, so their sale is like 70% off everything.
I went straight to the music section, to see if anything was worth having. The shelves were bare, what was left was just mounds of crap. But inbetween all the Rod Stewart Greatist Hits I saw Illinois by Sufjan Stevens. Damn that touched my heart. Just left there with no love. I was so close to buying it myself, but I already own it on CD.
How could people be so oblivious to such a masterpiece? A crime against modern culture.
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- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:08
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According to Wikipedia, the bonus tracks have really short names.
| Wikipedia wrote: | Bonus tracks
No. Title Version Length
23. "Chicago" (To String Remix) iTunes release 5:32
24. "The Avalanche" iTunes release and LP version of Illinois (as track 23) 3:14
25. "The Transfiguration" (Home Demo Version) iTunes release 5:04
26. "Size Too Small" (Live in Brussels) |
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- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:08
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| Puncture Repair wrote: | Just today I was walking home from school and went past HMV which is open 5 more days, so their sale is like 70% off everything.
I went straight to the music section, to see if anything was worth having. The shelves were bare, what was left was just mounds of crap. But inbetween all the Rod Stewart Greatist Hits I saw Illinois by Sufjan Stevens. Damn that touched my heart. Just left there with no love. I was so close to buying it myself, but I already own it on CD.
How could people be so oblivious to such a masterpiece? A crime against modern culture. |
I'm sorry.
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- #9
- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:11
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| swedenman wrote: | | I'm sorry. |
That's alright. I'm okay now, but thank you.
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- #10
- Posted: 03/18/2013 20:15
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Another album all the young hipsters were raving about a few years back but I couldn't find anything particularly special about it...indeed, it got pretty boring about 20 songs in...
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