Sufjan Stevens – Illinois

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Label:	Asthmatic Kitty Records – AKR014CD
Format:	CD , Album, Repress
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Stage & Screen
Style:	Theme

Tracklist

1	Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois	2:09
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!"	2:14
3	Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream	6:45
4	John Wayne Gacy, Jr.	3:19
5	Jacksonville	5:24
6	A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons	0:47
7	Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!	3:03
8	One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman	0:06
9	Chicago	6:04
10	Casimir Pulaski Day	5:54
11	To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament	1:40
12	The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts	6:17
13	Prairie Fire That Wanders About	2:11
14	A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze	0:19
15	The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!	5:23
16	They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!	5:09
17	Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell	0:40
18	In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth	0:35
19	The Seer's Tower	3:54
20	The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now	7:03
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	0:46
22	Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run	4:21

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – Asthmatic Kitty Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Asthmatic Kitty Records
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
Manufactured By – Bellwether Manufacturing
Glass Mastered At – Optical Experts Manufacturing

Credits

Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Oboe, Saxophone [Alto], Flute, Banjo, Glockenspiel, Accordion, Vibraphone, Recorder, Keyboards, Percussion, Organ [Baldwin], Written-By, Recorded By, Engineer, Producer, Arranged By – Sufjan Stevens
Artwork – Divya Srinivasan
Backing Vocals – Shara Worden (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 10, 13, 15, 19, 20)
Backing Vocals, Handclaps – Elin Smith* (tracks: 7)
Cello – Maria Bella Jeffers (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 20)
Choir – Tom Eaton (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 12, 16, 20)
Drums, Engineer [Drums] – James McAlister
Trumpet – Craig Montoro
Viola – Marla Hansen (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 20)
Violin – Rob Moose (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 20)
Vocals – Craig Montoro (tracks: 16)

Notes

Although the album title listed on the spine is "Illinois", the cover reads, "Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE".

Since the time that Superman was removed from the cover art, two other covers exist. One adds balloons where Superman was, and one has only empty sky. This release is for the cover with balloons, while Illinois is for the cover with empty sky.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 6 56605 89262 7
Matrix / Runout: MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM #xxxxx AKR014
Matrix / Runout: WWW.BELLWETHERMFG.COM 01
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LN08

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover)	Rough Trade	RTRADCD250	Europe	2005
Recently Edited	Illinois (2×LP, Album)	Rough Trade	RTRADLP250	Europe	2005
Recently Edited	Illinois (CD, Album)	Cycle (2)	CYCLE 027	Benelux	2005
New Submission	Illinois (CD, Album)	Sinnamon Records	SINCD105	Spain	2005
Recently Edited	Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover)	Sounds Familyre	AKR 014, none	US	2005