Illinoise - CD

Illinoise is Sufjan Stevens' expansive 2005 song cycle, joining orchestral indie rock, folk detail and state-history storytelling across a wide-ranging 22-track programme.

TRACKLIST
1. Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
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...
3. Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr
5. Jacksonville
6. A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
7. Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Step Mother!
8. One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' For The Pullman!!
9. Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!
10. Casimir Pulaski Day
11. To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves Tube Socks, A Paper Airplane, & Twenty-two Able-bodied Men
12. The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14. A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze
15. The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bloomington-Normal
18. In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth
19. The Seer's Tower
20. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part 1: The Great Frontier Part 2: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
21. Riffs & Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, & The King Of Swing, To Name A Few
22. Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, & I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run