Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Alb

Stevens, Sufjan

Stevens, Sufjan / Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Alb
Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 11 Jul 2006
Catalogue Number: ASTK22.2

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Description:
Personnel: Sufjan Stevens; Rosie Thomas, James McAlister, Shara Worden, Katrina Kerns, Craig Montoro.

Recording information: 2005 - 2006.

Primarily recorded in late 2005/early '06, THE AVALANCHE serves as a companion piece to Sufjan Stevens's lauded ILLINOIS, and shares the brightly melodic chamber-pop sound of that earlier release. On this 21-track offering, the Brooklyn-based indie-rock hero revisits his lilting "Chicago" on three different occasions, most notably an acoustic version that showcases Stevens's folk leanings. The gentle-voiced performer also nods to Prairie State luminaries on the woodwind-laced "Adlai Stevenson" and the delicate "Saul Bellow," a track that strongly recalls Stevens's esteemed peer Sam Beam (aka Iron & Wine). Since he has focused on Illinois for two full-length records, it seems unlikely that Stevens will reach his once-stated goal of an album for each of the 50 states, but given the remarkable quality evident on even the supposed castaways from these ambitious outings, his ardent fans certainly won't fault him for it.

Track Listing:

1.  Avalanche, The
2.  Dear Mr. Supercomputer
3.  Adlai Stevenson
4.  Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night By Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies, The
5.  Chicago
6.  Henney Buggy Band, The
7.  Saul Bellow
8.  Carlyle Lake
9.  Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair
10.  Mistress Witch from McClure, the (Or, the Mind That Knows Itself)
11.  Kaskaskia River
12.  Chicago - (Adult Contemporary)
13.  Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
14.  No Man's Land
15.  Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake, The
16.  Pick-Up, The
17.  Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?", The
18.  For Clyde Tombaugh
19.  Chicago - (Multiple Personality Disorder)
20.  Pittsfield
21.  Undivided Self, the (For Eppie & Popo)

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