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- #1
- Posted: 05/16/2020 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#3439): 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: 46
Average rating: 86/100 (from 1620 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, And It Involves An Inner Tube, Bath Mats, And 21 Able-Bodied Men
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
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- Posted: 05/16/2020 21:11
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One of the best abums of the 2000s. I've never fully understood the love for Chicago, to me the clear standout tracks are Predatory Wasps and Feel the Illinoise. The album as a whole is a little long, but the lyricism and vocals are great. I think this is his best work, though Carrie & Lowell is great too. As far as it goes for albums of the 2000s, I'd say it's better than either Radiohead album ranked above it as well as Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and as least as good as Funeral and Is This It.
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- Posted: 05/16/2020 23:26
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Agree, it's one of my favourite records but it can feel pretty lengthy sometimes, and yeah! The Predatory Wasp and John Wayne Gacy, Jr are some of my all time favourite tracks, definetely standout tracks from the record, those and "One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' For The Pullman" hahaha
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