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'Sufjan Stevens Invites You To: Come On Feel the Illinoise' (aka "Illinois") is the 2005 concept album by American indie folk songwriter Sufjan Stevens.

'Illinois' was Stevens' his fifth studio album, and featured songs referencing places, events, and persons related to the U.S. state of Illinois.

Stevens recorded and produced the album at multiple venues in New York City using low-fidelity studio equipment and a variety of instruments between late 2004 and early 2005. The artwork and lyrics explore the history, culture, art, and geography of the state—Stevens developed them after analyzing criminal, literary, and historical documents.

Vinyl Colour/Design may slightly vary from the stock images shown on the website for this item.

RELEASE DETAILS
Format: [Album], [Reissue]
Released: 2005

TRACKLISTING

LP

1. Concerning the UFO Sighting
2. The Black Hawk War
3. Come on! Feel the Illinoise
4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr
5. Jacksonville
6. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd
7. Decatur
8. One Last Woo-Hoo
9. Chicago
10. Casimir Pulaski Day
11. To the Workers of the Rockford
12. The Man of Metropolis Steals O
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders Abou
14. A Conjunction of Drones
15. The Predatory Wasp of the Pali
16. They Are Night Zombies!!
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again
18. In This Temple, as in the Hear
19. The Seer's Tower
20. The Tallest Man, the Broadest
21. Riffs and Variations on a Sing
22. Out of Egypt