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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelAsthmatic Kitty
EAN0656605892627
eBay Product ID (ePID)11052233960
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
Era2000s
Run Time4439 Sec
FormatCD
Release Year2014
GenrePop, Alternative, Rock
StyleAmericana, Indie Folk
TypeAlbum
ArtistSufjan Stevens
Release TitleIllinois
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributionIntegral/Cinram Novum
Number of Tracks22
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Reviews5 stars out of 5 - "ILLINOIS is an extraordinary achievement, all the more so as Stevens played most of the parts himself.", Included in the Wire's "2005 Rewind: 50 Records of the Year.", 3 stars out of 5 - "When focusing on life's minute joys or its mundane horror, Stevens' voice is as true and profound as an angel.", Ranked #5 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2005" - "The album continues his brave/insane quest to document the whole of our great nation's quilt of quirks...", Ranked #24 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "A boundless cornucopia utilising choir, woodwind and Vince Guaraldi-like piano...", "...Finespun songs variously inspired by Carl Sandburg, John Wayne Gacy, Jr., and the 'Seer's' tower....ILLINOIS sounds quaint and even magical." - Grade: B+, Ranked #8 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "A Chicago World's Fair of the ear -- a rebirth of wonder, discovery, and progress...", "The album sounds as informed by middle-American community theater, church choirs, and John Adams' American operas as any canonical 'folk rock' it may resemble." - Grade: A-