{"product_id":"sufjan-stevens-illinois-lp","title":"Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise - LP { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Discs: 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 22-track anthematic tone poem to the Prairie State, emphatically answering the question, \"Can a songwriter express the spirit of a state he's never called home?\" Sufjan weaves various musical styles (jazz, funk, pop) and instrumental textures into a tapestry of persons famous, infamous, and anonymous, and places iconic, obscure, and ghostly. Myths, memories, and incidental anecdotes are swept up with symphonic flourishes. Implementing 25 instruments, played mostly by Sufjan himself, a two-handed horn section, string quartet and small choir, Illinois conjures up images of Danny Elfman conducting a Gilbert and Sullivan company, a minimalist ensemble, and the Marion Catholic Marching Band on a windswept prairie football field. Asthmatic Kitty. 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Concerning the Ufo Sighting Near Highland, Illinois\u003cbr\u003e2 Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish An Entire Civilization and\u003cbr\u003e3 Come on! Feel the Illinoise!: Pt. 1: The World's Columbian Exposition\u003cbr\u003e4 John Wayne Gacy, JR\u003cbr\u003e5 Jacksonville\u003cbr\u003e6 Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good\u003cbr\u003e7 Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!\u003cbr\u003e8 One Last \"Whoo-Hoo!\" for the Pullman\u003cbr\u003e9 Chicago\u003cbr\u003e10 Casimir Pulaski Day\u003cbr\u003e11 To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea\u003cbr\u003e12 Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts\u003cbr\u003e13 Prairie Fire That Wanders About\u003cbr\u003e14 Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens\u003cbr\u003e15 Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!\u003cbr\u003e16 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from\u003cbr\u003e17 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It\u003cbr\u003e18 In This Temple As in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth\u003cbr\u003e19 Seer's Tower\u003cbr\u003e20 Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders: Pt. 1: The Great Frontier\/Pt\u003cbr\u003e21 Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines\u003cbr\u003e22 Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56683267162444,"sku":"656605892610","price":6.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/742505.jpg?v=1770600223","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/sufjan-stevens-illinois-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}