Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Album

Version

Superman cover

Release date

2005

Format

Country

Label

Asthmatic Kitty Records (AKR014)

Genres

indie folk, chamber pop, folk rock, singer-songwriter, baroque pop

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23 tracks
No.	Title	Artists	Length
1	Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois	Sufjan Stevens	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 H	Sufjan Stevens	2:15
3	Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream	Sufjan Stevens	6:46
4	John Wayne Gacy, Jr.	Sufjan Stevens	3:20
5	Jacksonville	Sufjan Stevens	5:25
6	A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons	Sufjan Stevens	0:48
7	Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!	Sufjan Stevens	3:04
8	One Last “Whoo‐Hoo!” for the Pullman	Sufjan Stevens	0:06
9	Chicago	Sufjan Stevens	6:05
10	Casimir Pulaski Day	Sufjan Stevens	5:54
11	To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament	Sufjan Stevens	1:41
12	The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts	Sufjan Stevens	6:17
13	Prairie Fire That Wanders About	Sufjan Stevens	2:11
14	A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze	Sufjan Stevens	0:20
15	The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!	Sufjan Stevens	5:23
16	They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh!	Sufjan Stevens	5:10
17	Let’s Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don’t Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell	Sufjan Stevens	0:40
18	In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth	Sufjan Stevens	0:35
19	The Seer’s Tower	Sufjan Stevens	3:54
20	The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders, Part I: The Great Frontier, Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now	Sufjan Stevens	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	Sufjan Stevens	0:47
22	Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals as I Run	Sufjan Stevens	4:22
23	The Avalanche	Sufjan Stevens	3:14