Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (Special 10th Anniversary Blue Marvel Edition)
Tracklist
| 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!" | |
| A3 | Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream | |
| A4 | John Wayne Gacy, Jr. | |
| A5 | Jacksonville | |
| A6 | A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons | |
| B1 | Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother! | |
| B2 | One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman | |
| B3 | Chicago | |
| B4 | Casimir Pulaski Day | |
| B5 | To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament | |
| C1 | The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts | |
| C2 | Prairie Fire That Wanders About | |
| C3 | A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze | |
| C4 | The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! | |
| C5 | They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh! | |
| C6 | Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bushnell | |
| C7 | In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth | |
| D1 | The Seer's Tower | |
| D2 | The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders Part 1: The Great Frontier Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now | |
| D3 | 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 | |
| D4 | Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run | |
| D5 | The Avalanche | |
| E | Chicago (Demo) | |
| F | Chicago (Demo) |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Asthmatic Kitty Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 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
- Mastered At – SAE Mastering
- Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated – 23137
- Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated – 25529
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Electric Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Banjo, Glockenspiel, Accordion, Vibraphone, Recorder [Various Recorders], Keyboards [Casiotone MT-70], Bells [Sleigh Bells], Shaker, Tambourine, Triangle, Organ [Baldwin Electric Church Organ], Vocals – Sufjan Stevens
- Arranged By – Sufjan Stevens
- Artwork – Divya Srinivasan
- Backing Vocals – Shara Worden (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4, C4, D1, D2)
- Cello – Maria Bella Jeffers (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
- Choir [The Illinoisemaker Choir] – Tom Eaton (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)
- Drums – James McAlister
- Handclaps – Elin Smith* (tracks: B1)
- Layout, Design – Sufjan Stevens
- Mastered By – Alan Douches
- Recorded By, Engineer, Producer – Sufjan Stevens
- Songwriter – Sufjan Stevens
- Technician [Set Up Drum Microphones] – James McAlister
- Trumpet – Craig Montoro
- Viola – Marla Hansen (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
- Violin – Rob Moose (tracks: A3, A5, A6, B3, C5, D2)
- Vocals – Craig Montoro (tracks: C5)
- Vocals, Handclaps – The Illinoisemaker Choir (tracks: A2, B1, B3, C1, C5, D2)
Notes
Limited to 10,000 copies worldwide. This edition features Blue Marvel on the cover instead of Superman or the balloons. The records are on "Antimatter Blue" and "Cape White" colored vinyl. A red star-shaped 12" featuring "Chicago (Demo)" is also included. The audio from this release comes from the 2014 remaster of Illinois.
Triple gatefold sleeve.
Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other.
Digital card offers 10% discount on a future purchase from the Asthmatic Kitty label.
© ℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records
All songs © 2005 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP
All songs recorded/engineered/produced Fall 2004 - Winter 2005.
Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens).
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 Redhook, 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.
Mastered at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ.
Triple gatefold sleeve.
Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other.
Digital card offers 10% discount on a future purchase from the Asthmatic Kitty label.
© ℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records
All songs © 2005 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP
All songs recorded/engineered/produced Fall 2004 - Winter 2005.
Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens).
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 Redhook, 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.
Mastered at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 656605613017
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-A RE-1 23137.1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-B RE-1 23137.2
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-C RE-1 23137.3
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): SAE MASTERING AKR-014-D RE-1 23137.4
- Matrix / Runout (Bonus 12'' side A runout): AKR14LP-C2 25529.1(2)
- Matrix / Runout (Bonus 12'' side B runout): AKR14LP-C2 25529.2(2)
- Rights Society: ASCAP
Other Versions (5 of 37)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover) | Rough Trade | RTRADCD250 | Europe | 2005 | |||
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Illinois (2×LP, Album) | Rough Trade | RTRADLP250 | Europe | 2005 | ||
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Illinois (CD, Album) | Cycle (2) | CYCLE 027 | Benelux | 2005 | ||
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Illinois (CD, Album) | Sinnamon Records | SINCD105 | Spain | 2005 | ||
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Illinois (CD, Album, Superman Cover) | Sounds Familyre | AKR 014, none | US | 2005 |
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My copy sounds absolutely fantastic, I typically listen to this once a year in full. Sad to hear other peoples mishaps. -
The Cape White one starts a little bit noisy and off-center... but only at the start of each sides. The blue one looks and sounds amazing. The shaped one sounds 3/5, and I feel like the mastering is good but the sound quality is not that great, maybe it's because of the fact that it's overall a demo. -
I don’t think my pressing sounds as bad as some people have been describing except for side D where there were a fair amount of pops and cracks. Overall it’s still an enjoyable listen. -
Edited 2 years agoAwful pressing. Side C is particularly bad--warped and extremely off-center. A shame since it looks great, but much happier with the KPG repress.
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There's some distortion on the highs with this one, which is a shame because it looks gorgeous -
Edited 5 years agoAwful sounding pressing. The highs are harsh and distorted and the lows lack depth. The overall sound is grainy and fatiguing -
Edited 8 years agoI have both the early repress mastered by Kevin Gray and this one and the KG repress is richer and with more texture. The bells ring out more and Sufjan draws me in more. This pressing isn't bad, though it's way more poppy than my first pressing and I cleaned both with an ultrasonic cleaner. -
Anyone else having problems with the side 2 label overlapping the runout groove? I bought two at my local record shop and on both the runout groove dipped into the label. -
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