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Asthmatic Kitty Records
AKR 014
Ca autoproclamatul „Om-Păianjen” care a urcat fără ham turnul Sears din Chicago, Sufjan Stevens străbate câmpii prăfuite, fabrici de oțel și două sute de ani de istorie în a doua parte a proiectului său „50 de state”, Illinois, un poem tonal anthematic de 22 de piese dedicat statului prerie. O călătorie muzicală captivantă, Illinois te poartă prin orașe fantomă, mori de cereale, săli de spital și „City of Broad Shoulders”, cu apariții surpriză ale unui poet, unui președinte, unui criminal în serie, OZN-uri, Superman, țapul care a blestemat Cubs și celebra „Chickenmobile” din Decatur.
Sufjan împletește stiluri muzicale variate – jazz, funk, pop, folk și accente rodgers & hammerstein – și texturile a 25 de instrumente într-o tapiserie de persoane și locuri faimoase, infame, iconice și anonime. Invocând muza poetului Carl Sandburg, Illinois aduce fanfare de trompete, cvartete de coarde, coruri feminine și pasaje ambientale de pian, toate aranjate în jurul falsetului emergent al lui Stevens.
NOU / Lansat în 2005 / Reeditare
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!"
Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
A3.1 Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition
A3.2 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
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
D20.1 Part I: The Great Frontier
D20.2 Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
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
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock,
Jazz, African, African, Jazz,