{"product_id":"sufjan-stevens-illinois-sealed-us-2-lp-vinyl-record-double-akr014-824177","title":"Sufjan Stevens Illinois - Sealed US 2-LP vinyl set","description":"SUFJAN STEVENS Illinois (US limited edition 22-track double  album 2-LP pressed on heavyweight black vinyl, a one-man  trawl from the deep thinking Christian through the history of  the state of IL. Housed inside a tri-fold picture sleeve with  superb cartoon artwork by Divya Srinivasan plus photo \/ lyric  insert. Factory sealed from new. Recommended)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-stretch: 100%; color: #999; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eTRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike the self-proclaimed Spiderman who climbed Chicago's sears tower with no harness, Sufjan Stevens scales dusty prairies, steel factories, and two hundred years of history in the second instalment of his 50 state project, Illinoise, a 22-track athematic tone poem to the prairie state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn engrossing musical road trip, Illinoise takes you through ghost towns, grain mills, hospital rooms, and the city of broad shoulders, with guest appearances by a poet, a president, a serial murderer, UFO's, Superman, the goat that cursed the cubs, and Decatur's famous chicken-mobile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSufjan weaves variegated musical styles (jazz, funk, pop, folk, and Rodgers \u0026amp; Hammerstein-like flourishes) and the textures of 25 instruments into a tapestry of persons and places famous, infamous, iconic and anonymous. Invoking the muse of poet Carl Sandburg, Illinoise ushers in trumpets on parade, string quartets, female choruses and ambient piano scales arranged around Stevens' emerging falsetto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide 1\u003cbr\u003e1. Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois  \u003cbr\u003e2. 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 Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight...  \u003cbr\u003e3. Come On! Feel The Illinoise!: Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition\/Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream  \u003cbr\u003e4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.  \u003cbr\u003e5. Jacksonville  \u003cbr\u003e6. A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide 2\u003cbr\u003e7. Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!  \u003cbr\u003e8. One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' For The Pullman  \u003cbr\u003e9. Chicago  \u003cbr\u003e10. Casimir Pulaski Day  \u003cbr\u003e11. To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide 3\u003cbr\u003e12. The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts  \u003cbr\u003e13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About  \u003cbr\u003e14. A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze  \u003cbr\u003e15. The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!  \u003cbr\u003e16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!  \u003cbr\u003e17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell  \u003cbr\u003e18. In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide 4\u003cbr\u003e19. The Seer's Tower  \u003cbr\u003e20. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Part I: The Great Frontier\/Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now  \u003cbr\u003e21. 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  \u003cbr\u003e22. Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/nl\/collections\/sufjan-stevens\" title=\"Click to see complete listing of Sufjan Stevens\"\u003eSufjan Stevens\u003c\/a\u003e (click link for complete listing)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/nl\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Sufjan+Stevens+Illinois\" title=\"Click to see more products with the title Illinois\"\u003e Illinois\u003c\/a\u003e (click link for more of the same title)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear of Release\u003c\/strong\u003e - 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e - 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecord Label\u003c\/strong\u003e - Asthmatic Kitty Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue No\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/nl\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AKR014\" title=\"Click to see more products with the catalogue number AKR014\"\u003eAKR014\u003c\/a\u003e (click link for more)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of Origin\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/nl\/collections\/us-imports\" title=\"Click to see more items from United States (USA)\"\u003eUnited States (USA)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional info\u003c\/strong\u003e - Sealed, Picture Sleeve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/nl\/pages\/search-results-page?q=656605892610\" title=\"Click to see more items with the barcode 656605892610\"\u003e656605892610\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e - Factory sealed from new. 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