Illinois
- Sufjan Stevens
- Band Name: Sufjan Stevens
- Record Label: Asthmatic Kitty
- Release Date: Jul 5, 2005
- Summary: The folk singer-songwriter's ambitious attempt to chronicle all 50 states in song continues with this second installment, dedicated to the Prairie State.
- Record Label: Asthmatic Kitty
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Folk
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 39 out of 40
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Mixed: 1 out of 40
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Negative: 0 out of 40
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100Once you've taken in how wonderful it sounds, it'll be time to thrill at how much of it there is, then how dense it all is.
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The tone of subdued romanticism is balanced by a fine, seductive sense of melody and arrangement. [3 Jul 2005]
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60An expansive album that ultimately recycles itself.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 319 out of 337
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Mixed: 5 out of 337
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Negative: 13 out of 337
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GregB4It will only appeal to those misunderstood kids, who are the ones rate albums like this "masterpiece".
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adriC3hyped
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