Illinois (balloons cover)

~ Release by Sufjan Stevens (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

The front cover of this album reads:

Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE

Please do not enter an edit to change the title of this album to some variation on the above; it has come up and been voted down multiple times.

Annotation last modified on 2009-06-21 05:34 .

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
5 2:09
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, “I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!”
2:15
3 Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream
6:46
4 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
5 3:20
5 Jacksonville
5 5:25
6 A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons
0:48
7 Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
3:04
8 One Last “Whoo‐Hoo!” for the Pullman
0:06
9 Chicago
4.65 6:05
10 Casimir Pulaski Day
5 5:54
11 To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
1:41
12 The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
6:17
13 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
2:11
14 A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
0:20
15 The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
5:23
16 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh!
5 5:10
17 Let’s Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don’t Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
0:40
18 In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
0:35
19 The Seer’s Tower
3:54
20 The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders, Part I: The Great Frontier, Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now
7:03
21 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
3.75 0:47
22 Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals as I Run
4:22

Credits

CD 1

violin:
Julianne Carney (tracks 3, 5–6, 9, 16, 20)
Rob Moose (tracks 3, 5–6, 9, 16, 20)
cello:
Maria Bella Jeffers (tracks 3, 5–6, 9, 16, 20)
viola:
Marla Hansen (tracks 3, 5–6, 9, 16, 20)
handclaps:
Elin Smith (track 7)
Daniel Smith (vocalist for US indie-pop/gospel group Danielson Famile) (track 7)
background vocals:
Elin Smith (track 7)
Katrina Kerns (tracks 1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 19)
Matt Morgan (track 7)
Daniel Smith (vocalist for US indie-pop/gospel group Danielson Famile) (track 7)
Shara Worden (tracks 1, 3–4, 10, 13, 15, 19–20)
background vocals and choir vocals:
Katrina Kerns (track 20)
choir vocals:
Tom Eaton (tracks 2, 9, 12, 16, 20)
Jennifer Hoover (tracks 2, 9, 12, 16, 20)
Katrina Kerns (tracks 2, 9, 12, 16)
Beccy Lock (tracks 2, 9, 12, 16, 20)
Tara McDonnell (tracks 2, 9, 12, 16, 20)
composer:
Sufjan Stevens (tracks 1–22)
engineer:
Sufjan Stevens (tracks 1–22)
lyricist:
Sufjan Stevens (track 16)
producer:
Sufjan Stevens (tracks 1–22)
recording engineer:
Sufjan Stevens (tracks 1–22)
vocals:
Craig Montoro (track 16)
publisher:
New Jerusalem Music (track 9)
mash-ups:
John Wayne Gacy Jr. / Specialize by Tor & Sufjan Stevens feat. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (track 4)
Night Zombies / Talkin' My Shit by Tor & Sufjan Stevens feat. Brother Ali (track 16)
The Tallest Man / I Like It by Tor & Sufjan Stevens feat. Grand Puba (track 20)
recording of:
A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze (track 14)
A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons (track 6)
Casimir Pulaski Day (track 10)
Chicago (track 9)
Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream (track 3)
Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois (track 1)
Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! (track 7)
In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth (track 18)
Jacksonville (track 5)
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (track 4)
Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell (track 17)
One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" for the Pullman (track 8)
Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals as I Run (track 22)
Prairie Fire That Wanders About (track 13)
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 (track 21)
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!" (track 2)
The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts (track 12)
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! (track 15)
The Seer's Tower (track 19)
The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders, Part I: The Great Frontier, Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now (track 20)
They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh! (track 16)
To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament (track 11)