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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1216): 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: 80
Average rating: 84/100 (from 554 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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Mercury
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:05
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It's pretty good. I've yet to truly fall deeply for it. But it has gobs of creativity and loads of charm. It's got melodies out the ass and cool instrumentation by da boatload. It's got quirky and literate lyrics and its got some great stuff going for it. No doubt about it. It's also continuing to rise and rise on the overall. Last year when this was aotd it was like 96 or something. Now it's 80. That alright I guess.
And as I randomly said last year when it was just 1 spot ahead of The Moon and Antarctica on the decade chart, this is not nearly as great as The Moon And Antarctica! Random? Yes.
Now I will wait for Lethalnezzle to jump in and say "it's not as good as Supreme Clientele either, but what does that have to do with it?".
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:15
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not as good as i am a bird now
Seriously this is wonderful, etc.
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:19
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I've found Sufjan Stevens difficult to listen to in the past. Whats artists would you say Sufjan Stevens sounds like? Is Illinois the best for you?
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HazeyTwilight
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:23
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This was one of the first albums I ever discovered here and it's the first one I loved the hell out of. Used to be my favourite album of all time but that slowly dropped. I still really like it and I don't think I could ever let it go from my overall chart.
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Mercury
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:28
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| an_outlaw wrote: | | I've found Sufjan Stevens difficult to listen to in the past. Whats artists would you say Sufjan Stevens sounds like? Is Illinois the best for you? |
To me, Stevens sounds quite like Belle & Sebastian with a denser orchestration, on this, or earthier Deserter's Songs-era Mercury Rev. Maybe solo Jónsi, too (though I don't like Go). Tbh I think he really managed to create his own sound here. It's my favorite, yes, but I owe Michigan another listen, I love Seven Swans a lot too (and it's very different, much more acoustic and intimate), and I haven't listened to The Age Of Adz yet.
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:29
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It's magical, it's fresh. A great discovery ! Like Mercury said, it's not as good as it used to be, but it's still great.
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Kiki
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 20:45
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| drakonium wrote: | | To me, Stevens sounds quite like Belle & Sebastian with a denser orchestration, on this, or earthier Deserter's Songs-era Mercury Rev. Maybe solo Jónsi, too (though I don't like Go). Tbh I think he really managed to create his own sound here. It's my favorite, yes, but I owe Michigan another listen, I love Seven Swans a lot too (and it's very different, much more acoustic and intimate), and I haven't listened to The Age Of Adz yet. |
Good to hear.
Missing Belle & Sebastian these past years. Plus solo Jónsi did put out a good album.
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- Posted: 03/23/2014 21:01
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My #1 by quite a margin.
This album is best listened to on a bright, temperate, beautiful day. I listen to this at least 2 times a week whilst walking around the industrial area of where I live (Lake Mary, Florida). It's cool for that it's grassy and there are joyous people taking in the not only the atmosphere, but the serenity of life. When I play Illinois, I feel like I'm with my future wife walking through an area shaded by trees on a sunny Spring/Summer day.
For the album itself, it's downright gorgeous. The flow is brilliant, Sufjan's lyricism/concept is on point, the instrumentation is blissful, this is as close to "perfect" as an album can get.
The length may hinder the first listen or two, however, with further grasp of the melodies, stories, and overall tact that this album gives, this becomes addictive.
I wouldn't change a thing.
Key Tracks:
1. Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
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
7. Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother! 9. Chicago
10. Casimir Pulaski Day
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!
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
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