Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois (track) by Sufjan Stevens
Year: 2005
From the album Illinois (track #1)
Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois appears on the following album(s) by Sufjan Stevens:
- Illinois (track #1) (this album) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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85/100  | 06/16/2025 10:21 | stareaterogni0n | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 05/30/2025 16:56 |  II | | 68/100 |
70/100 | 04/26/2025 18:35 | wizardalien | | 72/100 |
100/100 | 03/16/2025 18:18 | SomethingSpecial | | 98/100 |
95/100 | 02/17/2025 15:57 | Spartakist | | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.7/100, a mean average of 88.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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Weirdly beautiful, especially considering it's subject matter. The piano, the flutes, the vocal harmonies, etc. Superb opener.
Is it weird that this is my favorite track of the record?
slurpdurp 01/20/2017 05:07
It amazes me that a song so short and with such a bizarre subject can be so emotional and beautiful and captivating all at once.
Space-Dementia 01/30/2016 23:02
The flutes. Obviously the piano melody is beautiful and his voice is really pretty in this song, but the flutes. They are perfect and they make the song fantastic and I love them.
koner1 05/15/2015 21:19
Yes, it alters between time signatures of 18/16, 16/16, and 24/16
Does this song have a time signature? Great tune!
It's hard for me to get thye timing, but the song's pretty.
One of my favorites!
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