• Trail Of Tears

. Tracks of Disc 1.

1. Concerning the Ufo Sighting Near Highland, Illinois. 2.

Black Hawk War begins Determined to resist the growing presence of Anglo settlers on traditional tribal lands, the Sauk warrior Black Hawk is drawn into war with the United States. 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.

Black Hawk War, Or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and. 3. Feel the Illinoise!: Pt.

1: The World's Columbian Exposition. 4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 5. Jacksonville.

6. Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good. 7. Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!. 8. One Last 'Whoo - Hoo!' For the Pullman.

9. Casimir Pulaski Day. 11. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea. 12.

Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts. 13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About.

14. Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens.

15. Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is out to Get Us!. 16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!!

They Have Come Back from. 17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It. 18. In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth. 19. Seer's Tower.

20. Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Pt. 1: The Great Frontier / Pt.

21. Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines. 22. Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the. Entertainment Weekly: 'His rare combination of deep religiosity and dark whimsy makes SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS the season's most thrilling holiday release.'

- Grade: A. Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Silent Night.

2. O Come, O Come Emmanuel. 3. We're Goin' to the Country. 4. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming. 5.

It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!. 6. Holy, Holy, Holy.

7. Amazing Grace. Tracks of Disc 2. 1. Angels We Have Heard. 2. Put the Lights on the Tree.

3. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. 4. I Saw Three Ships. 5. Only at Christmas Time. 6.

Once in Royal David's City. 7.

The Herald Angels Sing!. 8. What Child Is This Anyway?. 9.

Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella. Tracks of Disc 3. 1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel. 2. Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!. 3.

We Three Kings. 4. O Holy Night. 5. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!. 6.

All the King's Horns. 8. The Friendly Beasts. Tracks of Disc 4. 1.

The Little Drummer Boy. 2. Away in a Manger.

3. It's Christmas Time!. 4. The First Noel.

5. Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!).

6. The Incarnation. 7. Joy to the World. Tracks of Disc 5.

1. Once in Royal David's City. 2. Get Behind Me, Santa!. 3.

Jingle Bells. 4. Christmas in July. 5. How a Rose E'er Blooming.

6. Jupiter Winter. 7. Sister Winter.

8. O Come O Come Emmanuel.

9. Star of Wonder. 10. Holy, Holy, Holy. 11.

The Winter Solstice. Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid). 2. All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!.

3. For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti. 4. Upper Peninsula. 6. Tahquamenon Falls. 7.

Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! Reconsider!). 9. Alanson, Crooked River. 11. Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie.

12. They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon). 13. Oh God, Where Are You Now?

(In Pickeral Lake? Marquette?). 14. Redford (For Yia - Yia & Pappou). 15. Vito's Ordination Song. Uncut: 5 stars out of 5 - 'ILLINOIS is an extraordinary achievement, all the more so as Stevens played most of the parts himself.'

. Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois.

2. The Black Hawk War, Or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and. 3. Feel the Illinoise!: Pt. 1: The World's Columbian Exposition. 4.

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 5. Jacksonville. 6. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good. 7. Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!.

8. One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' For the Pullman. 9. Casimir Pulaski Day. 11. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea.

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. 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. 17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It. 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 Broadest Shoulders: Pt. 1: The Great Frontier / Pt. 21. Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines. 22.

Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, And I Shake the. Q: 4 stars out of 5 - 'Layers of elegiac instrumentation sculpt a deeply emotive, baroque chamber-pop landscape.' . Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid).

2. All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!. 3. For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti.

4. To M!ch!gan!. 5.

The Upper Peninsula. 6. Tahquamenon Falls. 7. Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! Reconsider!). 9.

Alanson, Crooked River. 11.

Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie. 12. They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon). 13. Oh God, Where Are You Now?

(In Pickeral Lake? Marquette?). 14. Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou) - (For Yia-Yia & Pappou). 15.

Vito's Ordination Song. Tracks of Disc 1. 1. Silent Night.

2. Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You From Christmases Past. 3.

Coventry Carol. 4.

The Midnight Clear. 5. Benjamin The Bearded One. 6.

Go Nightly Cares. 7. Barcarola (You Must Be A Christmas Tree). 8. Auld Lang Syne. Tracks of Disc 2. 1.

Christ The Lord Is Born. 2. Christmas Woman. 3. Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light. 4.

Happy Family Christmas. 5. Jingle Bells.

6. Mysteries Of The Christmas Mist. 7.

Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates. 8. We Wish You A Merry Christmas. 9. Ah Holy Jesus. 10. Behold The Birth Of Man, The Face Of Glory.

11. How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?. 13. Frosty Man. 14. Make Haste To See The Baby.

15. Ah Holy Jesus (With Reed Organ). 16. The Herald Angels Sing. 17. Morning (Sacred Harp).

18. Idumea (Sacred Harp). 19. Eternal Happiness Or Woe. 20.

Ah Holy Jesus (A Capella). 21. I Am Santa's Helper.

22. Maoz Tzur (Rock Of Ages). 23.

Even The Earth Will Perish And The Universe Give Way. Tracks of Disc 3. 1. Angels We Have Heard On High. 2. Do You Hear What I Hear?.

3. Christmas In The Room. 4. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear. 5. Good King Wenceslas.

6. Alphabet St. 7. Particle Physics. 8.

Joy To The World. 9. The Child With The Star On His Head. Tracks of Disc 4.

1. I'll Be Home For Christmas. 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.

3. The Sleigh In The Moon.

4. Sleigh Ride. 5.

Ave Maria (Featuring Cat Martino). 6. X - Mas Spirit Catcher. 7. Let It Snow!.

8. Holly Jolly Christmas. 9. Christmas Face. Tracks of Disc 5. 1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

2. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear.

3. Up On The Housetop. 4. Angels We Have Heard On High. 5. We Need A Little Christmas.

6. Happy Karma Christmas. 7. We Three Kings. 8. Justice Delivers Its Death. 9.

Christmas Unicorn. Rolling Stone: 3 stars out of 5 - 'Steven's charm, like that of his spiritual homeboy Neil Young, lies in teetering on the edge of cloudy-headed overindulgence.' . Tracks of Disc 1. 1. The Avalanche. 2.

Trail Of Tears

Supercomputer. 3. Adlai Stevenson. 4.

The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius and His. 5.

The Henney Buggy Band. 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.

The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake. 16.

The Pick-Up. 17. The Perpetual Self, Or 'What Would Saul Alinsky Do?' For Clyde Tombaugh. 19.

Chicago - (Multiple Personality Disorder). 20. Pittsfield. 21. Undivided Self, The (For Eppie and Popo). Tracks of Disc 1.

1. We Are What You Say. 2. A Winner Needs a Wand. 3.

Siamese Twins. 5.

Demetrius. 6.

Dumb I Sound. 7. Wordsworth's Ridge - (For Fran Fike). 8. Belly Button. 9.

Rice Pudding. 10. Loverless Bed, A (W/Out Remission) - (Without Remission). 11.

Super Sexy Woman. 13. The Oracle Said Wander. 14. Happy Birthday.

15. A Sun Came. 19. Satan's Saxophones. 20. (bonus tracks). 21.

You Are the Rake - (bonus tracks). Tracks of Disc 1. 1.

Prelude on the Esplanade. 2. Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes. 3. Movement I: In the Countenance of Kings. 4. Movement Ii: Sleeping Invader.

5. Interlude I: Dream Sequence in Subi Circumnavigation. 6.

Movement Iii: Linear Tableau with Intersecting Surprise. 7.

Movement Iv: Traffic Shock. 8. Movement V: Self - Organizing Emergent Patterns.

9. Interlude Ii: Subi Power Waltz.

10. Interlude Iii: Invisible Accidents. 11. Movement Vi: Isorhythmic Night Dance with Interchanges. 12. Movement Vii (Finale): The Emperor of Centrifuge.

13. Postlude: Critical Mass. Tracks of Disc 2. 1. Bonus Material DVD.

Tracks of Disc 1. 1. The Avalanche. 2.

Supercomputer. 3. Adlai Stevenson. 4. The Vivian Girls Are Visited In The Night By Saint Dargarius And His Squadron Of Benevolent Butterflies. 5.

Chicago (Acoustic Version). 6. The Henney Buggy Band. 7.

Saul Bellow. 8. Carlyle Lake. 9.

Springfield, Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair. 10. The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself). 11. Kaskaskia River. Tracks of Disc 2. 1.

Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version). 2. Inaugural Pop Music For Jane Margaret Byrne. 3.

No Man's Land. 4. The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake. 5.

1Backing Vocals –,2:082Choir –2:153.1Backing Vocals –,6:463.2Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream Ensemble –4Backing Vocals –3:205Backing Vocals – Ensemble –5:256Ensemble –0:477Backing Vocals – Backing Vocals, Handclaps Clap –,. Choir –3:0480:079Choir – Ensemble –6:0410Backing Vocals –5:Choir –6:1713Backing Vocals –,2:Backing Vocals –,5:2316Choir – Ensemble – Vocals Sings –5:0:3519Backing Vocals –,3:5420.1Backing Vocals –, Choir – Ensemble –7:0320.2Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now Backing Vocals –, Ensemble –210:47224:22.

℗ 2005 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Asthmatic Kitty RecordsUnder license to Rough Trade Records Ltd. In Europe© 2005 Rough Trade Records Ltd.© 2005 New Jerusalem Music / ASCAPMade in the E.U. (back cover)Made in the UK (matrix)All songs recorded/engineered/produced by Sufjan Stevens (Fall 2004 - Winter 2005)James McAlister had a lot to do with the way the drums sound because he set up the microphonesAll arrangements (painstakingly composed) by Sufjan StevensMastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Tenafly, NJ. Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens) with gratefulness to Kieran Kelly. Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn. The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights. Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ. The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York CityThis is the 1st EU pressing, which has Superman on the front cover (see photos)Although the official album title is 'Illinois', the cover art reads 'Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the ILLINOISE'.