Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2005 · Europe · Rock, Pop, Stage & Screen

1. A1Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
2. A2The 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!"
3. Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
4. A4John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
5. A5Jacksonville
6. A6A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons
7. B7Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
8. B8One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman!!
9. B9Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!
10. B10Casimir Pulaski Day
11. B11To 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
12. C12The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13. C13Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14. C14A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze
15. C15The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
16. C16They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
17. C17Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bloomington-Normal
18. C18In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth
19. D19The Seer's Tower
20. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders
21. D21Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King Of Swing, To Name A Few
22. D22Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run
23. D23The Avalanche