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Illinois

Description

Subtitled Come On Feel The..., Sufjan Stevens & The Michigan Militia have moved to Illinois (dubbing themselves the Illinoisemakers) but this new album is the same Sufjan we know and love. Fingerpicked ballads of delicate twang, tasteful orchestration, and titles that are murder on the ID3 tags. While this album unmistakably owes its inspiration to the sound of Michigan, Sufjan has managed to take his orchestra-like folk template and expand on it, tapping into unexpected genres and bringing unexpected instruments like strings and woodwinds to the forefront, all while relating tales of the state's history as well as possibly fictional stories about its residents. To sweeten the deal, Sufjan's vocals have also improved some: he's managed to make his thin, meek vocal presence a little more noticeable, and while that doesn't stop him from using members of the quirky Danielson Famile as his own personal choir, it's nice to hear him sound more assured on some of this album's mellower moments. Rough Trade. 2005.

Illinois sounds like The Sea and Cake collaborating with the high-school band from a Wes Anderson film on banjo-driven, pulsing meditations on Vince Guaraldi's music for Peanuts. Sufjan Stevens, the singer-songwriter behind the endeavor, is an earnest and whimsical young man who aims to record an album based on every state in the union, though this is just his second attempt since 2003's Michigan. Lavish praise has been heaped upon this precocious twenty-something, who weaves personal recollections, historical narratives, and strange facts together to create lush portraits of Midwestern life. It's not maudlin stuff, and the atypical instrumentation (strings, choirs, trumpets, vibes) is beyond gimmick. Halfway through "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.," when Stevens has you feeling true empathy for a serial killer, it's clear that he really is an artist of the highest order. These are weird and lovely middlebrow ditties; we eagerly await the Broadway adaptation. --Mike McGonigal

Reviews

Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-09-01
Summary: "Interesting scenario"

I knew about the existence of this album for quite a while now. So for the past 2 years I would occasionally look for it on my locals used CD stores. It wasn't until a few weeks ago that I finally found it for $8.00. I was happy but not nearly as exited as I would have been if I had found it sooner. In any case with CD insert in hand and lower expectations I put this on my CD player, lay on my sofa, turn on my lamp and press play while I start reading the lyrics.

First of all he is a magnificent musician and the arrangements are gorgeous. But pretty soon I start noticing I'm going nowhere. I can read what he is saying but I can't hear it through the speakers. I close my eyes and then I hear all the pretty sounds but still I'm unable to create any emotion. Like a bad McCartney song that sounds good but lacks soul, the album continues a slow pace towards its climax "Chicago" a song that is truly magnificent. But as soon as is over I'm dragged down again to more chorus and whispered style singing. I really have no problem with that style of singing, Nick Drake did it beautifully but there was humanity in his singing, he didn't do it by choice he did it because that was his God given singing voice. Here Stevens whispers even the high notes which borders on absurdity.

In any case I found some highlights the already mentioned "Chicago", "The Man of Metropolis" and "The Tallest Man"

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-09-01
Summary: "Great if You Like Campfire Sing-Alongs"

Another whiny album from yet another overrated neo-folk musician. Yes Sufjan Stevens might have some writing ability, yes he does original musical stuff on his album...but so what. I could smack a fish against a xylophone, throw some well chosen words together into a recording mic and call it an album too...that doesn't mean the sum total would be good...or a pleasant listening experience...or have a single decent melody. Illinoise it aptly named. It is ultimately one of those albums made by the goofy high school band guy who liked to whip out his guitar around campfires and sing cheesy alternative neo-folk songs - the same guy who got a name for himself after graduation because tin-eared music critics looking to break the next big thing in music rushed to proclaim it genius. It's not genius - it's the product of a guy with a fish and a xylophone, not to mention an ultimately boring and uninspiring musical mess. I'm giving it 2 stars simply because, although it still blows, it IS at least more original than most of the other neo folk albums out there.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-02-27
Summary: "Great"

Sufjan Stevens is a bona fide songwriting machine. Stevens released a new album every year from 2003-06, the pinnacle of which was 2005's 'Illinois.' Strangely enough, it's also his only album to feature tracks that aren't actually songs, as 6 out of the 22 tracks are snippets of sound under a minute long. Some help connect songs, some are just fun, and a couple are simply unnecessary filler, which is not something the already 74-minute long album needs. Regardless, the actual songs here are superb examples of refined, affecting writing that combine to create one hell of a concept album, and perhaps the most influential musical work since The Strokes' 2001 debut 'Is This It.'

Standout tracks: Casimir Pulaski Day, Come On! Feel The Illinoise!, Chicago

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-26
Summary: "Don't buy another album until you have stolen this one"



I was first introduced to this album in a college class when John Wayne Gacy Jr. was played in a discussion of media and meaning. So masterfully crafted the listener is able to not only emotional identify with a serial killer and the frantic violent pleasure and guilt he felt, but also captured the horror and despair of the community. The last line where he identifies with the killer I thought was redundant because he already succeeded in emotional tying me to the serial killer.

The album is a beast to be conquered. Almost overwhelming in its scope I dropped probably 100 hours before I fully appreciated the album. At first 'Chicago' stood out to me- the most pop-radio worthy song on the album, and soon was caught with the simply folksy banjo of Decature, Jackson, and especially the beauty and sadness of Casimir Pulaski Day. After listing to the album a number of times the incredible structure of songs like "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades..." was so moving. This may seem morbid, but Sufjan Stevens captures death more artfully and in a way that is emotionally present than any other musical artist out there. His use of quiet instruments to show the dissonant, frantic helplessness in the midst of a sweet and smooth melody is entrancing. Last I developed a real taste for his almost repetitive musical phrasing in the songs like Come on Feel the Illinoise.

On many songs his backup singers, the "Illinoise-makers" sing words that do not directly communicate storyline, but create atmosphere. Like a Freudian ink-blot test the word salad they project brings out associations and emotional responses that create so much texture within his music. He is a master story-teller and makes his stories emotionally eminent. Many songs take a few times listening to before you understand the story but as it unfolds itself to you, you will probably shed a few tears along the way.

Beware, if you listen to much Sufjan Stevens, other music tends to look more bland and feel more emotionally flat.

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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-02-10
Summary: "It took a REALLY long time for this to get to me."

It came 3 weeks after Christmas... I was not happy. Vinyl is in flawless condition