Out July 5th according to Pitchfork.

Tracklisting:
01 Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL
02 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!"
03 Come on! Feel the Illinoise!
-Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition
-Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream
04 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
05 Jacksonville
06 A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
07 Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
08 One Last "Woo-hoo!" for the Pullman
09 Chicago
10 Casimir Pulaski Day
11 To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and it involves shoe string, a lavender garland, and twelve strong women
12 The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14 A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
15 The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
16 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhhh!
17 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
18 In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man, for Whom He Saved the Earth
19 The Seer's Tower
20 The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
-Part I: The Great Frontier
-Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now
21 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
22 Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I shake the dirt from my sandals as I run

4/8/2005 8:39:10 AM

haha this news was just released this week, dang you like to jump on a thread early about it...

and yes i will probably get this album.

4/8/2005 9:08:35 AM

first time ive heard about was today but im excited about anything new of his. And he has a song about zombies so im expecting it to be good.

4/8/2005 9:13:57 AM

Hopefully they'll be around for 50 years so they can do all the states

4/8/2005 10:55:49 AM

I've got a total boner for Sufjan.

4/8/2005 11:17:05 AM

No doubt. Hes gonna have to stop recording side albums like seven swans if he wants to finish his project. Although i hope he does a mass release of his christmas album.

I was just thinking that this is just another album i gotta buy this year.
bloc party - silent alarm
broken social scene
sigur ros
flaming lips

4/8/2005 11:19:25 AM

http://l1.yousendit.com/d.php?id=33QWBLHRU1GK4KHPK5O0567KO
Acoustic version of Chicago performed sometime last year

4/9/2005 12:11:12 AM

this album has special meaning to me due to my roots in the ILL

should be good

and i created a thread for the intonation festival but nobody cared, get in the car and drive yo

4/9/2005 12:14:00 AM

This album has leaked. I'm not very familiar with him, but I'm listening to Illinois right now and it sounds great so far. No idea where you can find it, someone just sent it to me.

4/25/2005 3:26:17 PM

whats the deal soulseek

no sufjan leak yet?

4/25/2005 5:27:45 PM

oh man, i gotta find this!!!! ill post it if i find it anywhere.

I found a YSI link to it...get it before it goes down.
http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1X6OP2I6TXWC00XG2KG9MC20LS

[Edited on April 25, 2005 at 5:50 PM. Reason : YAY]

4/25/2005 5:41:51 PM

GG on the link

this album is great

maybe im biased though bc of the ILL concept


how many of these concept albums do you think he will get around to making? they are pretty fun and both have been great so far

4/26/2005 3:46:42 PM

Well, he wants to do all 50 states, but unless he makes music for the rest of his life and lives to be about 120, I'm not so sure I see it happening heh. It would be bizarre if he did NC, but I highly doubt that's near the top of his list.

4/26/2005 3:56:14 PM

this album is so good that I am going to post here again

4/27/2005 9:52:37 PM

Come on! Feel the Illinoise! is such a great song. Might be one of his best (or at least second to For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti).

4/27/2005 10:51:23 PM

5/4/2005 12:21:59 PM

Can somebody get me this over AIM or something?

5/4/2005 10:18:14 PM

Here are some Live songs:

50 States - http://s44.yousendit.com/e.aspx?id=0ZS63AD4DX6ZP3TWLJBS85HKSU
Part of this song is played as the music for his 50 States site http://www.sufjan.com/50states.html

Chicago (full band version) - http://s44.yousendit.com/e.aspx?id=2U418S9AD17TH3G3MQTCSNUXNZ

Star Spangled Banner - http://s44.yousendit.com/e.aspx?id=3TEPBZFMRZ4IP34P3EKXP7JJB9

And heres a site with a bio, info on Illinois, and some hi-res pics of sufjan groupies (hot cheerleader groupies too)...
http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/current/sufjan_illinois.html

5/9/2005 2:45:38 AM

bump

track 1 is haunting

what a dope cover...i assume that is al capone, along with the goat, and the skyline...im not a superman guy so whats the connection there

[Edited on May 13, 2005 at 1:52 AM. Reason : d]

5/13/2005 1:51:52 AM

http://www.metropolisplanet.com/super2.htm

i was wondering the same thing, but that explains it

5/13/2005 9:44:14 AM

bttt, one month to go. w00t

6/5/2005 1:01:51 PM

meh

6/5/2005 1:56:01 PM

Get it for $12 ($10 CD + $2 shipping) at Asthmatic Kitty Records:
http://www.asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=16

6/11/2005 9:17:33 AM

Sounds rad, I'll have to pick it up.

Quote :

"I haver a total boner for Sufjan"

6/11/2005 1:23:34 PM

I just received my copy from Asthmatic Kitty today. Comes with a sweet postcard too.

6/17/2005 10:20:44 PM

The buildings look like something Wesley Willis would have drawn.

6/17/2005 11:43:24 PM

giving it a first listen now

6/29/2005 1:15:58 PM

Just got mine in the mail today, it's nice.

6/30/2005 6:29:37 PM

not like it does me much good but he has a date up on the cradle page

7/1/2005 1:26:31 AM

I'm gonna stick my tongue down his throat.

7/1/2005 1:29:31 AM

oh me likey

7/1/2005 1:30:13 AM

anybody wanna send this to my gmail account? I'll trade you something. I've got tons of shit

7/1/2005 10:48:57 AM

About time he left the midwest/new york for a tour of some other places. Im really digging The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! right now.

7/1/2005 3:26:32 PM

Cats Cradle - September 25th.

And check this out it's pretty funny: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-07/01.shtml

7/1/2005 5:59:47 PM

News has it that stevens and asthmatic kitty cant sell the album with superman on the cover. But check out ebay and everyone is selling their copies as collector's items. Some people have it "buy it now" for $75. aha

7/5/2005 11:01:33 PM

Ridiculous.

7/6/2005 12:28:51 AM

Here's the new song he did for NPR...
http://anon.npr-mp3.speedera.net/anon.npr-mp3/atc/20050706_atc_godbird.mp3

7/7/2005 1:34:18 PM

^^^ that is the case.


they (the powers that be) are letting the record label sell all the cds with the superman cover that have already been shipped. but they have to do another press with a different cover to sell the rest.

[Edited on July 7, 2005 at 1:52 PM. Reason : ^]

7/7/2005 1:51:59 PM

So is this why the guy at Best Buy told me no Best Buy's in the entire area had a copy?

7/7/2005 2:19:29 PM

got my copy yesterday at cd alley in chapel hill...the guy had 10 or 15 left. better grab 'em up...

7/7/2005 2:39:31 PM

On Morning Becomes Eclectic yesterday: http://kcrw.com/smil/mb050714Sufjan_Stevens.ram

7/15/2005 11:09:25 PM

BTW they have numerous copies at Schookids if anybody wants one.

7/15/2005 11:40:26 PM

Here are those hard to find Christmas Albums he gave out to family and friends...
http://www.chattablogs.com/quintus/archives/019666.html

7/16/2005 1:51:07 PM

Quote :

"I'm gonna stick my tongue down his throat."

i think this will be the first cd in a good while i'm actually going to purchase

[Edited on July 27, 2005 at 11:30 PM. Reason : ..]

7/27/2005 11:29:52 PM

Quote :

"Im really digging The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! right now."

7/28/2005 3:46:17 PM

[Edited on July 29, 2005 at 7:14 PM. Reason : hubba hubba ]

7/29/2005 7:14:43 PM

got the album from indietorrents, gonna buy it.

it rocks.

coming to cat's cradle soon, buying tix

7/29/2005 7:39:29 PM

hells yeah. i need to go ahead and get my tix

7/29/2005 8:24:35 PM

i got one of the cd's with the original superman cover

...ah nuts. it's not going for very much on ebay.

7/30/2005 10:00:09 PM

Quote :

"Im really digging The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! right now."

That may be my favorite song on the album, although there's so many amazing tracks to choose from...

Watching the Morning Becomes Eclectic video right now for the third time.

7/30/2005 10:04:19 PM