Sufjan Stevens ‎– Illinois

A1	Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
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!"
A3	Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
A4	John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
A5	Jacksonville
A6	A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
B1	Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
B2	One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman
B3	Chicago
B4	Casimir Pulaski Day
B5	To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament
C1	The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
C2	Prairie Fire That Wanders About
C3	A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze
C4	The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
C5	They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
C6	Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell
C7	In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth
D1	The Seer's Tower
D2	The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part 1: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
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
D4	Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run
D5	The Avalanche

• Copyright (c) – Asthmatic Kitty Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asthmatic Kitty Records
• Published By – New Jerusalem 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
• Mastered At – Cohearent Audio

• 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)
• Layout, Design – Sufjan Stevens
• Mastered By – Kevin Gray
• 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)

This version shows KPG@CA in deadwax.

Double gatefold sleeve.
Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other.

Digital download card offers 10% discount on a future purchase from the Asthmatic Kitty label.

© ℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records
All songs © 2005 New Jerusalem 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.

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