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| | Illinoise | | | Music Artist : | | Sufjan Stevens | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Asthmatic Kitty | | Release Date : | | 2005-07-05 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
2. Black Hawk War, Or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and ...
3. Come on! Feel the Illinoise!: Pt. 1: The World's Columbian Exposition
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
5. Jacksonville
6. Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good ...
7. Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
8. One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" for the Pullman
9. Chicago
10. Casimir Pulaski Day
11. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea ...
12. Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14. Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens ...
15. Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is out to Get Us!
16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It
18. In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
19. Seer's Tower
20. Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Pt. 1: The Great Frontier/Pt. ...
21. Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, ...
22. Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, And I Shake the ...
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Sufjan Steven's masterpiece!
Submitted on: 2009-11-11 |
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I'm going to keep this review pretty short and sweet. Many others have already said similar things here, but Sufjan Steven's Come on feel the Illinoise is quite simply one of the greatest music albums of the past decade. He's a brilliant songwriter, but also has such a great ear for interesting and original music compositions. Many of the tracks on the album end up with a very epic feel to them, but not in an overproduced manner. Sufjan poured his heart into creating this album and it shows.
Major highlights include: "Come on Feel the Illinoise!", "Chicago", "Decatur, or, Round of Applause...", "The Predatory Wasps...", "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.", "Jacksonville", "Casimir Pulaski Day", "They are Night Zombies!!...", "The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders...". 22 tracks in total. What are you waiting for, hit "add to cart" already. |
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 Over rated
Submitted on: 2009-11-05 |
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Too much has already been said about how dull and over rated this album is. I find it ironic that the same critics who laugh about the efforts of Yes, ELP, and the Moody Blues to "compose" silly concept albums in the 1970s (I agree that a lot of these albums are silly) would think that the vision of a 50 CD album cycle about the states could be anything less then pseudo-intellectual I want to-be-Walt-Whitman garbage.
In all the songs sound like the type of thing that someone with a so-so command of an instrument would come up with; the lyrics are full of cheap stupid puns and allusions (how about that lovely Slade/Quiet Riot title), and how about that "natural 5/4 in some of the songs."
The lo-fi, single singer songwriter movement of the 2000s has had some good moments (i.e. Bon Iver, Iron and Wine), but this ain't one of them.
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Great Record
Submitted on: 2009-09-26 |
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| Amazing record. Sound quality is beautiful, crystal clear. In my opinion, the only way to enjoy this music. |
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Superb!
Submitted on: 2009-08-21 |
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| I believe this album is excellent. I can see how other people would not appreciate Steven's style, because it is quite unusual; but, I believe, that is why is it so excellent. It is different, each song has its own rhythm, flow, and beat. It does not follow the standard (and boring!) method of a song that we are all, unfortunately, so used to: verse A, chorus, verse B, chorus, bridge, chorus, chorus. It is difficult to pinpoint one favorite song because they are all great, and they each sound slightly different than the rest. The songs really are poems that are set to music and sung. Strongly recommend this if you are looking for something that will broaden your horizon and are looking for something outside of the top 40 on the radio! |
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Great Album
Submitted on: 2009-05-18 |
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| Great Album from start to finish! I mean, you need to like Sufjan, whose music is so different and unconventional as it is. If you're not open to his brand of indi rock then you may not like it. BUT for those of us that enjoy progressive music, you'll love it! |
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