Illinoise

Sufjan Stevens es un cantante y compositor estadounidense procedente de Michigan, Stevens en lo que a la musica respecta, es muy dificil de catalogar, pues en sus trabajos a ido desde el folk a la electronica pasando por la musica sinfonica.
Este musico que en varios de sus temas agrega mucho contenido espiritual, crea este disco conceptual llamado "Illinoise", en el cual el artista hace temas que hacen referencia a lugares y personas del estado de Illinois.
El disco ha sido aclamado por los criticos de todo el mundo desde su lanzamiento en 2005, siendo a su vez unos de los mejores del año segun varios medios.
Solamente ajusten sus audifonos y escuchen.

1. "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois"
   
2. "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!'"
   
3. "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!"
4. "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."
   
5. "Jacksonville"
   
6. "A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons"
   
7. "Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!"
   
8. "One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman"
9. "Casimir Pulaski Day"
   
10. "To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament"
    
11. "The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts"
    
12. "Prairie Fire That Wanders About"
13. "A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze"
    
14. "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!"
    
15. "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!"
    
16. "Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell"
17. "In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth"
    
18. "The Seer's Tower"
19. "The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders"
20. "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"
    
21. "Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run"
    

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