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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 40 Critic Reviews

User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 792 Ratings

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
Credit: Primary Artist

Track Listings

01 Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois 12 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
02 The Black Hawk War, Or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and... 13 A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens...
03 John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 14 The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
04 Jacksonville 15 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from
05 A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good ... 16 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It
06 Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother! 17 In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
07 One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' For The Pullman 18 The Seer's Tower
08 Chicago 19 The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Pt1: The Great Frontier
09 Casimir Pulaski Day 20 Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, ...
10 To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea ... 21 Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, And I Shake the ...
11 The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts