Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2xLP, Album, RE) (Very Good (VG))

Media Condition:  Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  22 Apr 2006
Genre:       Rock, Pop, Stage & Screen
Style:         Folk Rock, Indie Pop, Theme

Comments:
VG, Great wax, multiple light surface markings, nothing deep, some crackles when played - Printed lyric sheet included - Beautiful outer sleeve, some small indentations, a few micro creases along the edges - Ultrasonically cleaned
 

Notes:

Tracks are numbered consecutively regardless of sides (as they appear on the release)
Full-length titles from back cover are used
Abbreviated titles are given on the vinyl labels and the insert
D23 is a vinyl bonus track

©℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records
© 2005 New Jerusalem Music / ASCAP
Asthmatic Kitty is distributed by arrangement with Sounds Familyre

All songs recorded/engineered/produced by Sufjan Stevens (Fall 2004 - Winter 2005)
James McAlister had a lot to do with the way the drums sound because he set up the microphones
All arrangements (painstakingly composed) by Sufjan Stevens
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ
AcousTech Mastering and Record Technology Incorporated credits taken from runouts

• Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens) with gratefulness to Kieran Kelly
• 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 Red Hook, 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

Double gatefold cover (i.e. triple panel)
Includes photo insert with lyrics and credits

• This is the 2nd pressing, reissued with balloon artwork on the front cover (a homage to the balloon sticker used to hide the Superman artwork of the 1st pressing)
• Also, on the back cover, the police cars now have Illinois license plates "AKR014" and "A NO NO"
• Although the official album title is "Illinois", the cover art reads "Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE"

 

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!"
. Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
A4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
A5. Jacksonville
A6. A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
B7. Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
B8. One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman
B9. Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!
B10. Casimir Pulaski Day
B11. To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves Tube Socks, A Paper Airplane, And Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men
C12. The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
C13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
C14. A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze
C15. The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
C16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
C17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bloomington-Normal
C18. In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth
D19. The Seer's Tower
. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders
D21. 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
D22. Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run
D23. The Avalanche

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 6 56605 89261 0
Matrix / Runout AKR-014LP-A KPG@ATM 14855.1(2)
Matrix / Runout AKR-014LP-B KPG@ATM 14855.2(2)
Matrix / Runout AKR-014LP-B̶̷C KPG@ATM 14855.3(2)
Matrix / Runout AKR-014LP-D KPG@ATM 14855.4(2)
Rights Society ASCAP

 

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 West West Side Music
Lacquer Cut At AcousTech Mastering
Mastered At Record Technology Incorporated

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