Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
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Rough Trade – RTRADLP250 |
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Europe |
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Stage & Screen |
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Theme |
Tracklist
| A1 | Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois | ||
| A2 | 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!" | ||
| Come On! Feel The Illinoise! | |||
| A3.1 | Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition | ||
| A3.2 | Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream | ||
| A4 | John Wayne Gacy, Jr. | ||
| A5 | Jacksonville | ||
| A6 | A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons | ||
| B7 | Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother! | ||
| B8 | One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman!! | ||
| B9 | Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah! | ||
| B10 | Casimir Pulaski Day | ||
| B11 | To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves Tube Socks, A Paper Airplane, And Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men | ||
| C12 | The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts | ||
| C13 | Prairie Fire That Wanders About | ||
| C14 | A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze | ||
| C15 | The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! | ||
| C16 | They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh! | ||
| C17 | Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bloomington-Normal | ||
| C18 | In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth | ||
| D19 | The Seer's Tower | ||
| The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders | |||
| D20.1 | Part I: The Great Frontier | ||
| D20.2 | Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now | ||
| D21 | 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 | ||
| D22 | Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run | ||
| D23 | The Avalanche |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Asthmatic Kitty Records
- Licensed From – Asthmatic Kitty Records
- Licensed To – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
- Published By – New Jerusalem Music
- Recorded At – The Buddy Project
- Recorded At – St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn
- Recorded At – The New Jerusalem Recreational Room, Clarksboro, NJ
- Recorded At – Carroll Music Studios, NY
- Mastered At – West West Side Music
- Lacquer Cut At – The Town House
- Pressed By – Damont
Credits
- Accordion, Vibraphone – Sufjan Stevens
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Banjo – Sufjan Stevens
- Artwork – Divya Srinivasan
- Choir [The Illinoisemaker Choir] – Tom Eaton
- Drums [Drum Kit], Glockenspiel, Tambourine, Triangle, Shaker, Bells [Sleigh] – Sufjan Stevens
- Drums [Sophisticated Drum Parts] – James McAlister
- Ensemble [The String Quartet], Cello – Maria Bella Jeffers
- Ensemble [The String Quartet], Viola – Marla Hansen
- Ensemble [The String Quartet], Violin – Rob Moose
- Lacquer Cut By – Doug*
- Layout, Design – Sufjan Stevens
- Mastered By – Alan Douches
- Oboe, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Recorder [Alto, Soprano, Sopranino, Tenor] – Sufjan Stevens
- Photography By – Denny Renshaw
- Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer [Casiotone MT-70], Electric Organ – Sufjan Stevens
- Recorded By, Engineer, Producer – Sufjan Stevens
- Songwriter [All Songs By], Arranged By, Composed By – Sufjan Stevens
- Trumpet – Craig Montoro
- Vocals [Hoots And Hollers], Handclaps – The Illinoisemaker Choir
Notes
Tracks are numbered consecutively regardless of sides (as they appear on the release)
Full-length titles from back cover are used
Abbreviated titles are given on the vinyl labels and the insert
D23 is a vinyl bonus track
℗ 2005 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Asthmatic Kitty Records
Under license to Rough Trade Records Ltd. in Europe
© 2005 Rough Trade Records Ltd.
© 2005 New Jerusalem Music / ASCAP
All songs recorded/engineered/produced by Sufjan Stevens (Fall 2004 - Winter 2005)
James McAlister had a lot to do with the way the drums sound because he set up the microphones
All arrangements (painstakingly composed) by Sufjan Stevens
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ
The Town House mastering and Damont pressing credits taken from runouts
• Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens) with gratefulness to Kieran Kelly
• Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn
• The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
• The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights
• Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Red Hook, Brooklyn
• The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ
• The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York City
Double gatefold cover (i.e. triple )
Includes photo insert with lyrics and credits
• This is the first EU pressing, with Superman on the front cover (see photos)
• Due to a copyright infringement, some copies had the Superman hidden with a blue hype sticker
• Although the official album title is "Illinois", the cover art reads "Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE"
Full-length titles from back cover are used
Abbreviated titles are given on the vinyl labels and the insert
D23 is a vinyl bonus track
℗ 2005 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Asthmatic Kitty Records
Under license to Rough Trade Records Ltd. in Europe
© 2005 Rough Trade Records Ltd.
© 2005 New Jerusalem Music / ASCAP
All songs recorded/engineered/produced by Sufjan Stevens (Fall 2004 - Winter 2005)
James McAlister had a lot to do with the way the drums sound because he set up the microphones
All arrangements (painstakingly composed) by Sufjan Stevens
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ
The Town House mastering and Damont pressing credits taken from runouts
• Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens) with gratefulness to Kieran Kelly
• Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn
• The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
• The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights
• Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Red Hook, Brooklyn
• The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ
• The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York City
Double gatefold cover (i.e. triple )
Includes photo insert with lyrics and credits
• This is the first EU pressing, with Superman on the front cover (see photos)
• Due to a copyright infringement, some copies had the Superman hidden with a blue hype sticker
• Although the official album title is "Illinois", the cover art reads "Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE"
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A): RTRAD LP 250 A-1 DAMONT DOUG @ TOWNHOUSE B
- Matrix / Runout (Side B): RTRAD LP 250 B-1 DAMONT DOUG @ TOWNHOUSE B
- Matrix / Runout (Side C): RTRAD LP 250 C-1 DAMONT DOUG @ TOWNHOUSE E
- Matrix / Runout (Side D): RTRAD LP 250 D2 DAMONT E
- Barcode: 5 050159 825011
- Label Code: LC-11945
Other Versions (5 of 37)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover) | Rough Trade | RTRADCD250 | Europe | 2005 | |||
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Illinois (2×LP, Album) | Rough Trade | RTRADLP250 | Europe | 2005 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover) | Cycle (2) | CYCLE 027 | Benelux | 2005 | ||
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New Submission
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Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover) | Sinnamon Records | SINCD105 | Spain | 2005 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover) | Sounds Familyre | AKR 014, none | US | 2005 |
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If you continue to have bad experiences with the Asthmatic Kitty pressings of this album (my US copy's side 1 sounds atrocious), and you find this Rough Trade copy for a good price, then pounce at the opportunity. My copy sounds phenomenal and quashes the shit sandwich sound that plagues my US copy. -
Edited 6 years agoFunny, I've got the Superman cover from Rough Trade with Superman but with the Astm.Kitty first edition records...ordered from the US.
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I ed AKR on Reddit, and asked them specifics. The album with Superman was basically never sold. It was ed out to family and friends of the label. The balloon stickers were added and very few if any were sold without the balloon stickers. Most of the Superman cover albums you see being sold have had the sticker removed. Even if you had preordered the album, there were stickers.
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