Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (VINYL 2xLP) | NEW Mint (M) Mint (M)

Label:
Asthmatic Kitty Records – AKR 014
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:
US
Released:
2023
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Folk Rock
A1        Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois    2:08
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!"    2:17
A3        Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream    6:49
A4        John Wayne Gacy, Jr.    3:22
A5        Jacksonville    5:29
A6        A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons    0:48
B1        Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!    3:07
B2        One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman    0:06
B3        Chicago    6:09
B4        Casimir Pulaski Day    5:57
B5        To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament    1:43
C1        The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts    6:26
C2        Prairie Fire That Wanders About    2:14
C3        A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze    0:20
C4        The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!    5:30
C5        They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!    5:17
C6        Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell    0:41
C7        In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth    0:35
D1        The Seer's Tower    4:10
D2        The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now    7:13
D3        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    0:47
D4        Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run    4:28
D5        The Avalanche    3:26
Copyright © – Sufjan Stevens 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
Pressed By – Microforum Services Group – V1283082
Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Electric Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Banjo, Glockenspiel, Accordion, Vibraphone, Recorder [Various Recorders], Keyboards [Casiotone MT-70], Bells [Sleigh Bells], Shaker, Tambourine, Triangle, Organ [Baldwin Electric Church Organ], Vocals – Sufjan Stevens
Arranged By – Sufjan Stevens
Artwork – Divya Srinivasan
Backing Vocals – Daniel Smith (tracks: B1), lin Smith* (tracks: B1), Katrina Kerns (tracks: A1, A3, A5, C2, C4, D1, D2), Matt Morgan (tracks: B1), Shara Worden (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4, C4, D1, D2)
Cello – Maria Bella Jeffers (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
Choir [The Illinoisemaker Choir] – Beccy Lock, Jennifer Hoover (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Katrina Kerns (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Tara McDonnell (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2), Tom Eaton (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)
Drums – James McAlister
Handclaps – Daniel Smith (tracks: B1), Elin Smith* (tracks: B1)
Lacquer Cut By – Ian Dillon
Layout, Design – Sufjan Stevens
Mastered By – Alan Douches
Recorded By, Engineer, Producer – Sufjan Stevens
Songwriter – Sufjan Stevens
Technician [Set Up Drum Microphones] – James McAlister
Trumpet – Craig Montoro
Viola – Marla Hansen (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
Violin – Julianne Carney (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2), Rob Moose (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
Vocals – Craig Montoro (tracks: C5)
Vocals, Handclaps – The Illinoisemaker Choir (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)
Trifold Jacket
Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other.

All songs by Sufjan Stevens
© 2005 SUFJAN STEVENS Music/ASCAP

All songs recorded/engineered/produced Fall 2004 - Winter 2005.

Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens).
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 Redhook, 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.

"Made in Canada" sticker on the back.
Has phrases etched in the runouts that refer to Illinois which previously were only on the Superman cover version Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Copyright is held by Sufjan Stevens Music instead of New Jerusalem Music like more recent reissues
Barcode: 656605892610
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): V1283081 A I.S.D "Tribe of Superior Men"
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): V1283081 B "Hog Butcher For The World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads"
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched): V1283082 C "By Thy Rivers Gently Flowing O'er The Prairies Verdant Growing" I.S.D
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched): V1283082 D "Land of Lincoln"

• Condition: NEW
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Internal ID: 656605892610
• Genre: FOLK
• Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records
• Catalog Number: AKR 014
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 11/22/2005