Illinoise (2 Lp's) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

Label:
Asthmatic Kitty Records – AKR 014, Sounds Familyre – AKR 014
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Balloon Sticker Over Superman
Country:
US
Released:
Nov 2005
Genre:
Rock, Pop, Stage & Screen
Style:
Folk Rock, Indie Pop, Theme
A1        Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
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!"
Vocals [Hoots And Hollers] – The Illinoisemaker Choir
Come On! Feel The Illinoise!    
A3.1        Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
A3.2        Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
Ensemble – The String Quartet (5)
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
A4        John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Backing Vocals – Shara Worden
A5        Jacksonville
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns
Ensemble – The String Quartet (5)
A6        A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
Ensemble – The String Quartet (5)
B7        Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Step Mother!
Backing Vocals – Matt Morgan
Backing Vocals, Handclaps [Clap] – Daniel Smith, Elin Smith*
Handclaps, Vocals [Hoots And Hollers] – The Illinoisemaker Choir
B8        One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman!!
B9        Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!
Ensemble – The String Quartet (5)
Vocals [Hoots And Hollers] – The Illinoisemaker Choir
B10        Casimir Pulaski Day
Backing Vocals – Shara Worden
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
Vocals [Hoots And Hollers] – The Illinoisemaker Choir
C13        Prairie Fire That Wanders About
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
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!
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
C16        They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
Ensemble – The String Quartet (5)
Vocals [Hoots And Hollers] – The Illinoisemaker Choir
Vocals [Sings] – Craig Montoro
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
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders    
D20.1        Part I: The Great Frontier
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
Vocals [Hoots And Hollers] – The Illinoisemaker Choir
Ensemble – The String Quartet (5)
D20.2        Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
Ensemble – The String Quartet (5)
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
Backing Vocals – Katrina Kerns, Shara Worden
Distributed By – Sounds Familyre
Copyright © – Asthmatic Kitty Records
Copyright © – New Jerusalem Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Asthmatic Kitty Records
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 – AcousTech Mastering
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Accordion, Vibraphone, Vocals – Sufjan Stevens
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Banjo – Sufjan Stevens
Artwork – Divya Srinivasan
Drums [Drum Kit], Glockenspiel, Tambourine, Triangle, Shaker, Bells [Sleigh] – Sufjan Stevens
Drums [Sophisticated Drum Parts], Engineer [Drum Mics] – James McAlister
Ensemble [The String Quartet], Cello – Maria Bella Jeffers
Ensemble [The String Quartet], Viola – Marla Hansen
Ensemble [The String Quartet], Violin – Julianne Carney, Rob Moose
Lacquer Cut By – KPG*
Layout, Design – Sufjan Stevens
Mastered By – Alan Douches
Oboe, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Alto Recorder, Soprano Recorder, Sopranino Recorder, Tenor Recorder – Sufjan Stevens
Performer [The Illinoisemaker Choir] – Beccy Lock, Jennifer Hoover, Katrina Kerns, Tara McDonnell, Tom Eaton
Photography By – Denny Renshaw
Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer [Casiotone MT-70], Electric Organ [Baldwin] – Sufjan Stevens
Recorded By, Engineer, Producer – Sufjan Stevens
Songwriter [All Songs By], Arranged By, Composed By – Sufjan Stevens
Trumpet – Craig Montoro
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 Asthmatic Kitty Records
© 2005 New Jerusalem Music / ASCAP
Asthmatic Kitty is distributed by arrangement with Sounds Familyre

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
AcousTech Mastering and United Record 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

Disc 1 - 125g
Disc 2 - 135g
Double gatefold cover (i.e. triple panel)
Includes photo insert with lyrics and credits

• This is the 1st pressing of 5000, which has Superman on the front cover (see photos)
• Due to a copyright infringement, the Superman was hidden with a sticker of 3 colored balloons prior to release
• Although the official album title is "Illinois", the cover art reads "Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE"

All of the phrases etched in the runouts refer to Illinois and are only on this LP version:
• Side 1 - False etymology / loose translation of "Illinois"
• Side 2 - From the Carl Sandburg (b. Galesburg, IL) poem "Chicago"
• Side 3 - Lyrics from Illinois state song
• Side 4 - State slogan of Illinois
Barcode (Sticker): 6 56605 89261 0
 

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 11/22/2005