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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2005

Alternative
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Illinois is a 2005 album by Sufjan Stevens, rooted in Alternative. Rate it, review it, and share what you think with the community below.

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Release date2005
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RockBaroque PopChamber FolkChamber PopFolk RockIndie FolkIndie RockOrchestral

Illinois is a 2005 album by Sufjan Stevens, rooted in Alternative. Rate it, review it, and share what you think with the community below.

GenreRock
StylesBaroque Pop, Chamber Folk, Chamber Pop, Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Orchestral, Progressive, Singer-Songwriter, Conscious, Folklore, Volksmusik / Folklore
Release dateJuly 4, 2005
LabelRough Trade

Tracklist

1Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
2:08
2The 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!"
2:14
3Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
6:45
4John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
3:19
5Jacksonville
5:24
6A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
0:47
7Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
3:03
8One Last "Whoo-hoo!" for the Pullman
0:06
9Chicago
6:04
10Casimir Pulaski Day
5:53
11To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
1:40
12The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
6:16
13Prairie Fire That Wanders About
2:11
14A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis In the Great Godfrey Maze
0:19
15The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
5:22
16They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
5:09
17Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out In Bushnell
0:40
18In This Temple, As In the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
0:35
19The Seer's Tower
3:53
20The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
7:02
21Riffs and Variations On a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
0:46
22Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals As I Run
4:21
23Jon Galaxy's Remix of "Chicago" (Huh?!)
5:31
24The Avalanche
3:17
25The Transfiguration (Home Demo Version)
5:03
26Size Too Small (Live In Brussells)
3:07

Reviews (1)

Excellent

Maximalist and tender

A

Somehow both a history lesson and a diary.

JU
juno_tapes·Aug 30, 2026